CPC900 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nabeel Posted January 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Your browser could be caching the image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators simpilot Posted January 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nabeel Posted January 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Those sneaky guys. I'll check out the other maps you posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper338 Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Those sneaky guys. I'll check out the other maps you posted Sorry but was this ever fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nabeel Posted March 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nope, never got the chance. But this is in the template, so you can change it easily yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper338 Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nabeel Posted March 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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