buienradar - buienradar.nl plugin

Stores rain forecast for the coming hour, from data provided by buienradar.nl.

requirements

GPS location in environmnt/location is used to get rain forecast data, and this location must probably be in the Netherlands.

schema

• sensors/buienradar/lastupdate: timestamp of last update.
• sensors/buienradar/data: one 5-minute rain forecast. Multiple elements can exist, they should be ordered temporally. Fields:
  • mm: amount of rain expected, in millimeters (float)
  • level: logarithmic value of above, see buienradar API for details (integer)
  • time: date and time for which this measurement is valid (isotime)
  • hour: hour of time (int)
  • minute: minute of time (int)
• plugindata/buienradar: GPS location for which to present forecast.

actions

Three actions:

• Use buienradar.nl API to fill sensors/buienradar every 5 minutes.
• Copy environment/location/lon to plugindata/buienradar/lon on Igor start and whenever it changes.
• Copy environment/location/lat to plugindata/buienradar/lat on Igor start and whenever it changes.