Re: how can you get live METAR data ? - long

[Bob Fry]

"Paul Sengupta" > wrote in message >...

> You can get TAFs/METARs on a WAP phone using one of:
> http://www.wapmx.com (Aviation Weather from the index)
> http://wap.cupitt.com
> (all on the phone)
>
> There are others out there too.
>
> Paul

Hi Paul,

Do you know of any services--preferably free--that will accept a cell
phone SMS message with ICAO IDs, and send an SMS message back with
METARs and TAFs?

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, (Bob Fry) said:
>Do you know of any services--preferably free--that will accept a cell
>phone SMS message with ICAO IDs, and send an SMS message back with
>METARs and TAFs?

I wrote one. But unfortunately a SMS message is too short, so it ends up
coming back as three messages.

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doesn't look up, realise that George W Bush is their president, and not
immediately throw up in their mouths. Shows what I know. - Harry Teasley

[Bob Fry]

(Paul Tomblin) writes:

> In a previous article, (Bob Fry) said:
> >Do you know of any services--preferably free--that will accept a cell
> >phone SMS message with ICAO IDs, and send an SMS message back with
> >METARs and TAFs?
>
> I wrote one. But unfortunately a SMS message is too short, so it ends up
> coming back as three messages.

Hmmm, is it available to the vast r.a.* audience?

BF

[Paul Tomblin]

In a previous article, Bob Fry > said:
(Paul Tomblin) writes:
>> In a previous article, (Bob Fry) said:
>> >Do you know of any services--preferably free--that will accept a cell
>> >phone SMS message with ICAO IDs, and send an SMS message back with
>> >METARs and TAFs?
>>
>> I wrote one. But unfortunately a SMS message is too short, so it ends up
>> coming back as three messages.
>
>Hmmm, is it available to the vast r.a.* audience?

I'm a little reluctant to share because I don't know what sort of volume
it might get. Give it a try, send an sms to . You can
specify the stations in the subject line or in the body. If the volume
gets too high, I'll turn it off.

--
Paul Tomblin > http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
You can be jailed for lying about being good in bed.
-- Lionel, paraphrasing the Criminal Code of Canada, 159(3)(b)(i)

[Scott D.]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 08:16:24 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

>In a previous article, Bob Fry > said:
(Paul Tomblin) writes:
>>> In a previous article, (Bob Fry) said:
>>> >Do you know of any services--preferably free--that will accept a cell
>>> >phone SMS message with ICAO IDs, and send an SMS message back with
>>> >METARs and TAFs?
>>>
>>> I wrote one. But unfortunately a SMS message is too short, so it ends up
>>> coming back as three messages.
>>
>>Hmmm, is it available to the vast r.a.* audience?
>
>I'm a little reluctant to share because I don't know what sort of volume
>it might get. Give it a try, send an sms to . You can
>specify the stations in the subject line or in the body. If the volume
>gets too high, I'll turn it off.

There use to be an AIM nickname called Pilotsmart Metar that if you
sent a text message to it with only the airport identifier in the
body, it would return the current metar.

I actually liked using it on my phone that had AIM on it, but I have
not seen it up in quite some time.

Scott D.