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A weather station | A weather station that allows you to see the current weather situation on a map. Weather information is uploaded to the server via Wifi The Weather Channel. To run the application, it must be close to an Access Point. | ||
It was presented in the Dev-fr Coding Compo 2007 with Evolution | It was presented in the [http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php/topic,1055.0.html Dev-fr Coding Compo 2007] with the theme Evolution, sponsored by DS-X, ranked 1st in the App section. | ||
==Festures== | |||
* View the weather forecast for the next 5 days in any major city in Europe. | |||
* 2 Zoom modes on the map. | |||
* Update the weather forecast with a Wifi access point. | |||
* Search for cities by countries. | |||
* Help screen. | |||
* Metric system and English units. | |||
==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
Download and extract file. | |||
[[DLDI|DLDI]] patch .nds file and copy it along with the file cities.dat to the root directory of the card. | |||
==User guide== | ==User guide== | ||
Can access a detailed weather forecast and a forecast of 5 days for more than 40,000 cities around the world in three ways: | Can access a detailed weather forecast and a forecast of 5 days for more than 40,000 cities around the world in three ways: | ||
* Click on the position of the city on the map if it is a European city. | |||
* Select the city in a list sorted by country (2280 European cities). | |||
* Enter the region code directly (over 40,000 cities worldwide). For example, CAXX0126 is the code for Edmonton in Canada. | |||
The newsletter is displayed on the top screen, the download time is 1 to 3 seconds. | |||
For weather information from | For weather information from all cities shown on the map, press X. The download takes between 30 seconds and 1 minute. You will see the temperatures and icons on the map for all cities. | ||
[[File:Dsweatherreport052.png]] | [[File:Dsweatherreport052.png]] | ||
==Controls== | ==Controls== | ||
A - | A - Types of information (cities/icons/temperature) displayed on the map (A for download, if not press X) | ||
B - | B - Select city or in a list of cities by country, or by entering the code | ||
X - | X - Switch between metric units and English units | ||
Y - | Y - Help and credits | ||
Select - | Select - Selects current city as favorite city (stored on linker) | ||
Start - | Start - Bring up on the top screen of the weather favorite city | ||
L/R - Zoom out/in | |||
Stylus - | X - Move map | ||
Stylus - Selects city on map/list | |||
==Compatibility== | ==Compatibility== | ||
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==Changelog== | ==Changelog== | ||
'''Version 0.5''' | '''Version 0.5''' | ||
*Bugfix: pressing Y for help made the program freeze. It is now corrected. | * Bugfix: pressing Y for help made the program freeze. It is now corrected. | ||
*Updating data with button X was no longer necessary as data is automatically downloaded when switching for the first time between names/icons/temperatures with button A. So, this function has been disabled. | * Updating data with button X was no longer necessary as data is automatically downloaded when switching for the first time between names/icons/temperatures with button A. So, this function has been disabled. | ||
*Button X is now used to switch between metric units and english units. Yes, you american people (and others), you can now have temperatures in Fahrenheit, distances in miles, speeds in mph, etc. | * Button X is now used to switch between metric units and english units. Yes, you american people (and others), you can now have temperatures in Fahrenheit, distances in miles, speeds in mph, etc. | ||
*To accentuate the look of a weather channel, scrolling news headlines are displayed at the bottom of the lower screen. These headlines are live RSS streams coming from various sources: BBC.co.uk, Meteo-world.com, GameSpot.com, PAlib.info, etc. A total of 10 RSS streams are available, but other will be added. You can switch RSS streams by pressing with the stylus on the scrolling headlines. | * To accentuate the look of a weather channel, scrolling news headlines are displayed at the bottom of the lower screen. These headlines are live RSS streams coming from various sources: BBC.co.uk, Meteo-world.com, GameSpot.com, PAlib.info, etc. A total of 10 RSS streams are available, but other will be added. You can switch RSS streams by pressing with the stylus on the scrolling headlines. | ||
'''Version 0.4''' | '''Version 0.4''' | ||
*Addition of Central Europe, Eastern Europe and North Africa countries. | * Addition of Central Europe, Eastern Europe and North Africa countries. | ||
*More than 3300 cities in the included database (and always more than 40000 cities available by code). | * More than 3300 cities in the included database (and always more than 40000 cities available by code). | ||
*More cities displayed on the world map. | * More cities displayed on the world map. | ||
*Faster world map display, now at 60 FPS. | * Faster world map display, now at 60 FPS. | ||
*And last but not least, faster download time of weather information: a cache is now used on a server, with a duration of one hour. So, the download time of weather data for all the cities is now of 1 minute if the data are not cached, else it's only about 2 seconds | * And last but not least, faster download time of weather information: a cache is now used on a server, with a duration of one hour. So, the download time of weather data for all the cities is now of 1 minute if the data are not cached, else it's only about 2 seconds. | ||
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Revision as of 09:03, 24 May 2021
| DS Weather Report | |
| File:Dsweatherreport05.png | |
| General | |
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| Author(s) | stravingo (aka Sébastien THON) |
| Type | Utilities |
| Version | 0.5 |
| Licence | Mixed |
| Links | |
| [Media:Dsweatherreport05.zip Download] | |
| Website | |
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