{ "id": 3241, "title": "Weather stations", "url": "/competitions/flight/discussion/3241", "author_name": "", "post_date": "2012-12-04T20:01:13.437Z", "votes": null, "comment_count": 4, "views": 3971, "content": "

weatherstations.csv does not contain all stations occuring in metar/flightstats_metarreports_combined.csv files. Neither does http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt. It's great importing various kinds of data only to find out that it's incomplete.\r\n Anyone found a complete dataset?

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A couple of examples:

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WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "SPJE"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OIGK"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OICJ"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OIKO"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "EGNO"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEY"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEL"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQER"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEV"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQFX"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KBAN"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQCK"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQTS"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQVP"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQCH"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQAZ"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQPA"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KT35"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KK22"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KIOB"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KFZG"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KF44"
", "messages": [ { "id": "17386", "postDate": "12/04/2012 20:01:13", "content": "

weatherstations.csv does not contain all stations occuring in metar/flightstats_metarreports_combined.csv files. Neither does http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt. It's great importing various kinds of data only to find out that it's incomplete.\r\n Anyone found a complete dataset?

\r\n

A couple of examples:

\r\n
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "SPJE"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OIGK"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OICJ"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "OIKO"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "EGNO"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEY"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEL"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQER"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQEV"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQFX"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KBAN"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQCK"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQTS"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQVP"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQCH"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQAZ"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KQPA"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KT35"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KK22"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KIOB"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KFZG"
WARNING: Implicitly creating weather station "KF44"
", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17389", "postDate": "12/04/2012 21:24:56", "content": "

Even though the data seems to be incomplete, you are not allowed to use any data other than what has been provided. The algorithms you implement should be able to tolerate errors in the data.

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17391", "postDate": "12/05/2012 05:33:14", "content": "

At least that limits the effort wasted on this. Still, if better data could be provided by the organizers ...

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http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt is better than what's in Reference, but still not quite there.

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "17416", "postDate": "12/05/2012 18:52:49", "content": "

Hesam is correct that only the data provided may be used. It may be possible for us to add data sets over the next week or two, given a sufficiently compelling reason.

", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": null }, { "id": "18288", "postDate": "12/20/2012 20:43:22", "content": "

what are the fields in weather_stations.csv? I see nowhere that describes them...

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Even though the data seems to be incomplete, you are not allowed to use any data other than what has been provided. The algorithms you implement should be able to tolerate errors in the data.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 17391, "author_name": "melisgl", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/05/2012 05:33:14", "content": "

At least that limits the effort wasted on this. Still, if better data could be provided by the organizers ...

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http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/stations.txt is better than what's in Reference, but still not quite there.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 17416, "author_name": "dchudz", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/05/2012 18:52:49", "content": "

Hesam is correct that only the data provided may be used. It may be possible for us to add data sets over the next week or two, given a sufficiently compelling reason.

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 18288, "author_name": "ben1787", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/20/2012 20:43:22", "content": "

what are the fields in weather_stations.csv? I see nowhere that describes them...

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