The iWeathr Blog

NOAA Radar Map Fix

NOAA.gov recently updated their radar system servers addresses that host their maps thus breaking the iWeathr’s doppler still and animated maps. I’ve just released an update of iWeathr that corrects this issue. All is good again! Cheers, Brian

iWeathr Update [version 2.3]

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve done any updates to iWeathr! I’ve been pretty busy having kids and working hard to get a few other projects off the ground. I had some time over this past rainy weekend and was able to complete some features and fixes from my punch list. Release notes for version 2.3 are as follows:

• Added a MUCH requested feature to allow a slight one second pause at the end of animated radar maps
• Radar maps fill screen a bit better
• Fixed a bug that when pinch zooming on a radar map, the map would snap to the top left corner of the screen. This has been corrected.
• Animated doppler should run a bit smoother on the device
• Load times on doppler radar time should be slightly improved as fewer files are being called to display and animate radar maps

Although this is a minor update, I have received hundreds of emails requesting these features. I hope you enjoy this update and please keep the emails and feedback coming! I appreciate all the support, suggestions and donations that I have received from the generous iWeathr user base! Cheers, Brian

Fullscreen Version Coming!

Hey everyone, just an FYI that a fullscreen standalone version of iWeathr is in the works! I actually had the fullscreen feature running for a few hours yesterday, but ran into a few bugs in the display of the radar that I wanted to squash before an official release. Stay tuned to this blog for future updates and status!

Bug Fix

Fixed a bug that would not allow you to delete a Favorite city in the iWeathr favorites list. This bug came about after the iPhone 2.0.2 software update. Removing a city from your Favorites list now functions as advertised again!

The ability to comment on posts has now been added to this blog.

New Tropical Weather Feature

I’ve added a “Tropical Weather” section to the UN National area of iWeathr this morning. This feature allows you to view animated and still satellite imagery of current Tropical Weather and Hurricane activity for the Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and East Coast US regions.

New Current Conditions Feature

I’ve started to roll out a new “Current Conditions” feature to cities on iWeathr. This new feature will provide access to current conditions, temperature, wind, barometer, dewpoint, heat index, humidity and visibility. Current conditions data is updated approximately every hour. Major cities are the first to get this feature with the remainder to be completed in the coming weeks.

To go native? or not to go native?

So I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a native app version of iWeathr for the App Store on the iPhone/iPod Touch…  I’m kinda torn though… While the exposure on the App Store would be huge, I’m debating over whether or not it would be worth the time to port the app considering the user experience would be no different than viewing the existing web application and I’d probably release the app for free anyway.

I’ve received some great support from the iPhone community with their compliments, contributions and generous donations.  For me, what started out as just a simple personal project so I know when the storm are coming down the river here, has grown to over 8.2 million views in the past year alone!

So I leave it up to the community, what do you guys think? Email me your thoughts at iweathr [at] gmail dot com.  I’d love to hear from you!