Any idea why the weather charts are seemingly a few days old when you look at the weather brief for a flight?! Is there a setting to get the latest charts in a config somewhere?
Your browser could be caching the image
It has been happening for a while now - Flightaware is storing the images using a url with a timestamp now ie
what used to be
http://flightaware.com/resources/wx/us_depiction.gif (the link used in the tpl file)
would need to be this ->
http://vox.flightaware.com/resources/wx/us_depiction.gif?1264693268
1264693268 = Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:41:08 UTC
to get the current chart as I write this post.
You can use the unix timestamp function to add it to the end of the url - also notice the change from www to vox.
I started using maps from weather underground anyway - I like them better
http://www.wunderground.com/Aviation_Maps/
and there are other sources out there as well.
Those sneaky guys. I’ll check out the other maps you posted
Those sneaky guys. I’ll check out the other maps you posted
Sorry but was this ever fixed?
Nope, never got the chance. But this is in the template, so you can change it easily yourself.
Nope, never got the chance. But this is in the template, so you can change it easily yourself.
I’ve been trying but I think the reason I am having issues is I think Flightaware is just using NOAA info from http://aviationweather.gov now…
but an example..
http://vox.flightaware.com/resources/wx/mets_ALL.gif?<?php echo time();?>
That seems to work is that the correct way?
I’ve been trying but I think the reason I am having issues is I think Flightaware is just using NOAA info from http://aviationweather.gov now…
but an example..
http://vox.flightaware.com/resources/wx/mets_ALL.gif?<?php echo time();?>
That seems to work is that the correct way?
Yeah, that’s right. I’ll check out that .gov site