by lhuffman on Dec 13, 2011
First off, we would like to say thanks for the tremendous enthusiasm and interest in our new Aeris product suite and the new site design. Over the coming weeks we will continue to expand Aeris with additional datasets, capabilities, JavaScript / PHP toolkits and more.
With that, today we released an update to the Aeris API that provided several bug fixes and added some enhanced capabilities. The complete list of changes is available in the version history, though some of the major enhancements include:
Enhanced Location Support
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Complete US state names or Canadian province names may be used. For example:
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/places/houston,texas
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/observations/toronto,ontario
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2 letter ISO country abbreviations, 3 letter ISO country abbreviations and full country names are now supported. For example:
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/observations/mexico+city,mx
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/observations/mexico+city,mex
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/observations/mexico+city,mexico
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The official country abbreviation for cities in the United Kingdom is “GB”, but since many users enter “UK” the api will now handle being passed “UK” in place of “GB”. Both of the following usages will work:
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/places/london,gb
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/places/london,uk
New Countries Endpoint
We added a new countries endpoint that allows requesting basic country information, such as full name, abbreviations, estimated populations and more. See the countries endpoint docs for more information.
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by nshipes on Nov 29, 2011
As you can tell, things have changed quite a bit with the site now that our much-needed site redesign has been completed and the switch has been flipped. Finally. Not only has the site changed, but our lines of products and services have also received a well-deserved overhaul. So let’s get a little more familiar with the changes.
Our new site boasts a clean, fresh look better focused around our extensive line of products and services. Aeris is our new core product, an API that provides the necessary weather data to power all of our other products and services.
Similar to the previous site, we still provide traditional weather content on our weather site, where you can view your local weather and sample our vast library of weather maps currently offered with our Aeris Graphics product.
If you’re looking for more customized solutions, we continue to offer our professional services to work one-on-one with your team to develop unique weather solutions. Services include custom web and mobile applications and specialized weather content and design, such as custom weather graphics, maps and custom branding strategies.
In the coming weeks, we will continue to provide additional content regarding our new products and services as we continue to receive feedback from our clients and users. We will also be communicating tips, tricks, videos and screencasts for Aeris and it’s toolkits here on our developer blog.
In the meantime, you can communicate with us on Twitter and subscribe to our blog’s RSS feed to stay up to date on the inner happenings at HAMweather.
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