ADDS DATASERVER - Dataserver General Information

NOTICE:

On April 15, 2010, ADDS dataserver version 1.4 was released. The previous version http://weather.aero/dataserver1_2 was decommissioned on June 12, 2010. Please see the Release Procedures for more information and release notes.

Introduction

The dataserver complements the ADDS web site by providing flexible and queryable access to real-time METAR, PIREP, AIREP, TAF and AIRSIGMET data. This service is oriented towards automated parsing and is an ideal mechanism for users needing more flexible access to raw data than is available through the web pages.

Data products

Examples are available for each of the data sources below. Most of these examples return data in XML which may be rendered in your browser. Note that different browsers will handle the XML differently. Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox will render the XML by default, whereas Safari, Konqueror, Opera and others will not. Mozilla and Firefox can take a significant amount of time to render some of the larger XML documents.

Please see the Best Practices and Summary of Constraints sections.

METARs	Examples of METAR Queries	Field Description	XML Output	CSV Output
Aircraft Reports (PIREPs and AIREPs)	Examples of Aircraft Report Queries	Field Description	XML Output	CSV Output
TAFs	Examples of TAF Queries	Field Description	XML Output	CSV Output
AIR/SIGMETs	Examples of AIRSIGMET Queries	Field Description	XML Output	CSV Output
STATION INFO*	Examples of STATION INFO Queries	Field Description	XML Output	CSV Output

*This is an ADDS-maintained source, and should not be considered an official source of this data

Current Data Cache Files

To prevent excessive load on the server, data sources have a maximum number of results which can be returned. For users who want ALL of the current data for a data source, we generate files with the complete set of results in various output formats. These files are updated every 5 minutes.

Please refer to Current Data Cache Files for more details.

Release Procedures

Each version of the dataserver software is identified by a major and minor release number, such as '1_0,' '1_1,' or '2_0.' Each of these releases may be accessed on ADDS at its own base URL, such as 'http://weather.aero/dataserver1_0,' 'http://weather.aero/dataserver1_1,' or 'http://weather.aero/dataserver2_0.' When new releases occur, the new version and older versions are maintained side by side for a period of time to allow users to transition to the new version. After a suitable time period, old versions may be removed. For convenience, the base URL 'http://weather.aero/dataserver_current' will always point to the most recent version of the server. Users who wish to always use the latest version should point to dataserver_current. Users who want the stability of always using the same version should point to a specific numbered version.

Please refer to Release Procedures for more details

Notification

If you would like to be notified when there is a new release, send us your email address. The mailing list will not be distributed or shared with anyone else; it will only be used by ADDS development to notify dataserver users who want to be kept up-to-date about new releases.

For questions and comments regarding the dataserver, plesese send email to ADDS Dataserver

Turbulence    Icing    Convection    Winds/Temps    Progs    Java Tools
METARs    TAFs    PIREPs    AIR/SIGMETs    Satellite    Radar

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