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The Future of Free Weather Data on the Internet

Posted by michael on from the looks-like-rain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The National Weather Service wants to update a 1991 policy that limits what data it can put on the Internet. The proposed new policy makes putting free data on the Internet official. The Private Weather Sector wants NWS to provide its new digital forecasts only in specialized data formats and would like NWS to shut down new XML data feeds. Barry Myers (MS Word doc), president of Accuweather wants you to have pay before using Kweather and other similar tools. Myers is asking friends to comment against the new NWS policy by June 30. Should we have to pay twice to get weather forecasts?"

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  1. In an obscure but related story.... by like-it-or-not · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In an obscure but related story, Barry Myers admits he has received non-trivial amounts of business advice and financial assistance from the RIAA.

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  2. Patent'd! by teknokracy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, Microsoft has patented Looking Out The Window, crushing both personal weather forecasts, as well as another senseless infringement on their OS trademark.