{ "id": 3227, "title": "Data documentation", "url": "/competitions/flight/discussion/3227", "author_name": "", "post_date": "2012-12-01T02:41:04.293Z", "votes": null, "comment_count": 4, "views": 4533, "content": "

Unless I'm missing it, there doesn't seem to be any documentation other than the wiki which just lists the names of fields. I can get that by opening the files. It would be nice to have some description of these fields. For example, what is "ordinal"? What\r\n is "airway"?

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The only file in the reference folder is a semi-colon delimited file called weather_stations. It has lots of nice looking data but no column headings and no description of what any of it means.

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One more question: what is the purpose of the single day training file? Should we use it for validation?

", "messages": [ { "id": "17309", "postDate": "12/01/2012 02:41:04", "content": "

Unless I'm missing it, there doesn't seem to be any documentation other than the wiki which just lists the names of fields. I can get that by opening the files. It would be nice to have some description of these fields. For example, what is "ordinal"? What\r\n is "airway"?

\r\n

The only file in the reference folder is a semi-colon delimited file called weather_stations. It has lots of nice looking data but no column headings and no description of what any of it means.

\r\n

One more question: what is the purpose of the single day training file? Should we use it for validation?

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The paragraph with the link to the wiki says this:

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"For a fuller description of the data, visit the Flight Quest Data wiki (information on the wiki is solely for background information and does not form part of the official documentation for Flight Quest)."

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Where is the official documentation?

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I continued looking at the wiki and found some helpful descriptions but most of the links just show a list of field names. We don't even get that for weather stations.

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17375", "postDate": "12/04/2012 05:13:33", "content": "

I'm also looking for some sort of description of the data which is missing. Can admin please look into this matter.

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17377", "postDate": "12/04/2012 08:05:53", "content": "

Here's a link describing some of the different fields in weather_stations.csv: http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nsd_lookup.pl?station=ESCF

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Columns:

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    \r\n
  1. ICAO Location Indicator
  2. WMO Index Number
    \r\n
  3. WMO Index Number
    \r\n
  4. Station Name
    \r\n
  5. unknown
  6. Country
  7. WMO Region
    \r\n
  8. Station Position
    \r\n
  9. Station Position
    \r\n
  10. Something similar to Station Position\r\n
  11. Something similar to Station Position
    \r\n
  12. Station Elevation (Ha)
    \r\n
  13. Upper Air Elevation (Hp)
    \r\n
  14. unknown\r\n
", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17422", "postDate": "12/05/2012 19:12:53", "content": "

We'll be trying to improve the data descriptions over the next couple weeks. Note that it's a wiki, so if you figure something out, you can help everyone by adding to it. (We'll be watching the wiki for abuse and reverting any inappropriate changes, of course.)

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 17310, "author_name": "alkhwarizmi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/01/2012 03:05:40", "content": "

The paragraph with the link to the wiki says this:

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"For a fuller description of the data, visit the Flight Quest Data wiki (information on the wiki is solely for background information and does not form part of the official documentation for Flight Quest)."

\r\n

Where is the official documentation?

\r\n

I continued looking at the wiki and found some helpful descriptions but most of the links just show a list of field names. We don't even get that for weather stations.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 17375, "author_name": "ankitksharma", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/04/2012 05:13:33", "content": "

I'm also looking for some sort of description of the data which is missing. Can admin please look into this matter.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 17377, "author_name": "eriknordeus", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/04/2012 08:05:53", "content": "

Here's a link describing some of the different fields in weather_stations.csv: http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nsd_lookup.pl?station=ESCF

\r\n

 

\r\n

Columns:

\r\n
    \r\n
  1. ICAO Location Indicator
  2. WMO Index Number
    \r\n
  3. WMO Index Number
    \r\n
  4. Station Name
    \r\n
  5. unknown
  6. Country
  7. WMO Region
    \r\n
  8. Station Position
    \r\n
  9. Station Position
    \r\n
  10. Something similar to Station Position\r\n
  11. Something similar to Station Position
    \r\n
  12. Station Elevation (Ha)
    \r\n
  13. Upper Air Elevation (Hp)
    \r\n
  14. unknown\r\n
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 17422, "author_name": "dchudz", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/05/2012 19:12:53", "content": "

We'll be trying to improve the data descriptions over the next couple weeks. Note that it's a wiki, so if you figure something out, you can help everyone by adding to it. (We'll be watching the wiki for abuse and reverting any inappropriate changes, of course.)

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