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minus-squarejared@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoSo how about a federated weather service.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoThe NOAA’s data already is crowdsourced. (Technically not the same as “federated,” but similar ethos.) Accuweather is trying to steal it. More info: https://www.weather.gov/iln/cwop https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/cooperative-observer-network And, insanely, archive links because this is the worst fucking timeline: https://web.archive.org/web/20250210082537/https://www.weather.gov/iln/cwop https://web.archive.org/web/20250207182410/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/cooperative-observer-network
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoThis is how it started too! People sharing observations over letters and then telegraph.
So how about a federated weather service.
The NOAA’s data already is crowdsourced. (Technically not the same as “federated,” but similar ethos.) Accuweather is trying to steal it.
More info:
https://www.weather.gov/iln/cwop
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/cooperative-observer-network
And, insanely, archive links because this is the worst fucking timeline:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250210082537/https://www.weather.gov/iln/cwop
https://web.archive.org/web/20250207182410/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/cooperative-observer-network
This is how it started too! People sharing observations over letters and then telegraph.