GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 310739
Misc updates to Locations.xml
Last modified: 2005-12-06 18:05:41 UTC
Hi, Michael Shields provided in Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/318809 a patch fixing misc things in gweather's Locations.xml. Please see his message and the patch I'll attach for details: " The attached patch corrects several issues with gweather for locations in and near Washington, DC. 1. Weather forecasts for Washington, DC were unavailable. The patch changes to a valid NOAA IWIN zone, DCZ001. 2. The latitude and longitude given for Washington, DC were actually those for National Airport in Virginia. The patch changes this to use the Washington, DC Zero Milestone, the official measuring point. This caused slightly inaccurate sunrise and sunset times. 3. Dulles Airport is listed under Washington, DC, although it is actually 40 km to the west, twice as far as the size of the District itself. The DC entry is a duplicate of the Virginia entry except with no forecast or radar information and different translations. The patch deletes the DC entry. 4. The Virginia version of Dulles Airport uses the abbreviation "Arpt", not used for any other airport including those with much longer names. The patch changes this to the conventional "Airport". " Bye,
Created attachment 49348 [details] [review] misc fixes
Please patch against Locations.xml.in from CVS HEAD. The Locations.xml file is generated automatically, so there is little point in patching it. It is also updated frequently, so it's easiest if you use the HEAD version. You can get this using the web interface http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-applets/gweather/Locations.xml.in When considering the location of the airport, is the airport considered by many to be a part of Washington DC or a part of Virginia? Technical locations matters less then perceived location in the case of the location tree. Thanks for spotting these errors, I look forward to an updated patch.
If you ask what city Dulles Airport in in you'd probably think Washington. For purposes of weather reporting, though, someone who actually lives in Virginia is more likely to care about weather at Dulles whereas someone who lives in DC will want the "Washington" reporting station. See also largely similar bug #313102. (The patch there addresses 2 of the above issues).
*** Bug 313102 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
2005-12-06 Ryan Lortie <desrt@desrt.ca> * Locations.xml.in: Cleaned up the Dulles/Washington, DC/Virginia mess by setting the Zero Milestone for Washington, updating info between the two copies of Dulles and adding Arlington, VA. These fixes should close bug #313102 and bug #310739.