Custom weather location solution (1 Viewer)

[littlematt]

Living in a tiny wee town in South Otago I couldn't get MP2 to find my exact location, just the nearest city.
If you are in a similar situation, this might help you. I am suing WIN10 so location may differ....
Go to "C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Client\Config\<USERNAME>\"
Find the files "MediaPortal.UiComponents.Weather.Settings.WeatherSettings.xml"

edit in notepad, go to the line that looks like
"
<Name>Lawrence</Name>
<Id>2179825</Id>
<Detail>Lat. -45.91 Lon. 169.68</Detail>"

and change my details for yours.
There is also a file called "MediaPortal.UiComponents.Weather.Settings.WeatherSettings.bak" that I have changed in the same way, assuming it is a backup file in case the original goes missing/corrupted or whatever.
Not sure what the <id>xxxx</id> line means heh probably critical lol.
Job done =)

 

[littlematt]

Okay so the <id> is for a city code as per openweathermaps API
Thinking MP2 would call the city code rather than the lat/long I deleted that line from the xml file.
Unfortunately my fears were confirmed now I dont get a forecast in MP2.
Is there a way of tweaking the xml file so it calls the lat/long coordinates rather than the city code?

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Is there a way of tweaking the xml file so it calls the lat/long coordinates rather than the city code?

It doesn't work this way. OpenWeatherMap requires the ID to deliver the corresponding weather data. Keep in mind that OpenWeatherMap uses (private) weather stations that submit data to the website.

Now it's not that this information would really change if you moved 10 mi from location A to location B. So what you may want to do is to go to the OpenWatherMap website, allow Windows to use your location and then click on the "geo coords" (bottom-left). A map will appear that displays the OpenWeatherMap locations known in your area. Identify the closest spot to your place and either edit the MP2 setting file to use this ID or enter the chosen city name into the MP2 weather search field.

 

[littlematt]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the closest location to us is Dunedin which is about 90kms away and has quite different weather to us being on the coast.
Reading the openweather API description you can use coordinates only for weather data, without city code... As per here. Is there a way for MP2 to use this ability?
Thanks again...

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Is there a way for MP2 to use this ability?

@morpheus_xx , is OWM implemented i such way that a user can enter geo coordinate instead a city code/ID?

 

[morpheus_xx]

Lookup by coordinates should work by following format:

But I get results only randomly, no idea why it sometimes work and sometimes not. First seen results after I started Fiddler proxy to inspect what is going over wire.

 

[morpheus_xx]

I see there is also a way to load weather forecast also based on lat/lon coordinate. So this could be an alternative if the city selection provides not the wanted values.

 

[Lautenbaugh]

I'm a newbie here and to MP2 (version 1.18.0.0). I can't enter any information-- either in the weather screen or in the settings for weather. I'm in Omaha, NE. Tried New York and London too-- it doesn't give me any option to select anything--nothing comes up. I tried just letting it use my location-- also failed.

 

[Lautenbaugh]

And I tried changing the file above -- "MediaPortal.UiComponents.Weather.Settings.WeatherSettings.xml". But the text of it did not contain the lines pictured above-- for city code or lat/long.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

MP2 (version 1.18.0.0).

1.18.0 sounds like you are using MP1.

nothing comes up

The weather data connection with OpenWeatherMap is not working at this moment. Functionality should return in a few days.