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Offline galfert

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I noticed today that Wundermap was updated. It looks very different. The stations show bolder dark lines for wind direction. Also I can't figure out the new tick marks on the speed indicator line. Nothing is a straight line. So they all have the little tick mark. I think this may be a mistake as even 0 Mph wind has a tick mark. Then there are some wind indicators that have a triangle. That is totally new. I like the old way better.

The map does seem to be more responsive. So maybe that is an improvement.

I haven't messed with other layers or features. Maybe there is more new stuff to discover.
https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap

« Last Edit: July 18, 2018, 08:22:15 PM by galfert »
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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2018, 06:47:08 AM »
Yes, it is certainly not clear what wind speed is being shown. According to the guide it should be mph, with the short sidebar representing 5mph and the long one 10 mph,  but that is clearly not what is being shown. Even the km/hr from the raw input data doesn't seem to fit entirely.  On the alternative map at www.wunderground.com/auto/preview it is clearly mph which is being shown. It will be interesting to see what rainfall the new map shows, as that was always a bit strange as well.
 

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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2018, 08:05:06 AM »
Accessing the map without logging in gives me the nicest solid sky blue screen.  The Tyson chicken ad in the lower right corner is working great, too!  (I wonder if they've had a recall lately?  :-k )

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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2018, 08:33:46 AM »
I'm convinced this update was prematurely rolled out. It just has to be wrong. I don't like it. Zero wind should not have an indicator line. Hopefully they will fix this soon.

Well at least Full Screen Weather map is still showing up as the old way.
https://www.wunderground.com/fullscreenweather
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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2018, 01:01:15 PM »
Just tried it again and it worked.  The indicator line with 0mph winds might be the predominate wind direction from recent history...???  You're going to have little wisps of a breeze all along even when mostly it's a calm day.   :-k

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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2018, 02:33:53 PM »
All the stations show 30 inHg on the individual popup square. The page layout still isn't right. The drop down menu still has a hanger. There's still a big gap at the top of the page.
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Re: Wundermap - New updated
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2018, 05:04:41 PM »
Looks like they fixed Wundermap. The new UI seems to be working and properly reporting wind speeds with the wind barbs. No more crazy wind barbs as before. Glad they fixed the glitch in their new UI. That was definitely rolled out before it was ready. Precipitation also seems to be working (it showed all zeros before).
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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE fixed
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2018, 06:49:42 PM »
It is anything but "fixed" for me. The icons show no wind at all when i have wind readings.

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE fixed
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2018, 07:47:24 PM »
Icon should show no wind between 0 and 4 Mph. The first barb only shows up when you have 5 Mph consistent and not gusting. But between 1 and 4 Mph you should see the main indicator. What I'm noticing is that there is only a problem for 1 to 4 Mph where it indicates no wind.

I guess before it was over reporting winds and now it is under reporting.
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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2018, 11:27:35 AM »
I'm getting the pretty, baby blue screen again.  It's WU....

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2018, 01:55:25 PM »
Mine too. I'm sure the people that depend on my station continue to be astounded by my level of incompetence.


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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2018, 12:49:52 PM »
Hi folks,

Unfortunately our web developers aren't meteorologists, and sometime get things wrong. We can't all be perfect at everything.

Long story short there are a lot of sources of wind barb definitions out there, they used this one
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/sfcobs/wnd.rxml

You can see how they might have gotten confused.  We're a small team and always have been, so it takes some time to get things like this fixed. Each little "easy" fix takes time away from bigger issues.    Its on the list of issues to fix, hoping to see a resolution soon

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2018, 08:11:00 PM »
Hi folks,

Unfortunately our web developers aren't meteorologists

They aren't web developers, either.  Weather Underground has been a flaming disaster since last September when the latest design was rolled out and just keeps getting worse.  IBM should be ashamed of themselves.

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2018, 07:55:27 AM »
Hi folks,

Unfortunately our web developers aren't meteorologists

They aren't web developers, either.  Weather Underground has been a flaming disaster since last September when the latest design was rolled out and just keeps getting worse.  IBM should be ashamed of themselves.

That's a bit harsh. We've seen some bumps in the road. However, things seem to be working fairly well for the most part. And WU has been posting here fairly regularly.
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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2018, 12:57:02 PM »
No wind vane or speed indication on my station but 4 miles away another Davis VP2 does have it. Weird. Please fix it soon. There is sufficient wind for the indicator to show.

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2018, 07:50:56 PM »
Hi folks,

Unfortunately our web developers aren't meteorologists

They aren't web developers, either.  Weather Underground has been a flaming disaster since last September when the latest design was rolled out and just keeps getting worse.  IBM should be ashamed of themselves.

That's a bit harsh. We've seen some bumps in the road. However, things seem to be working fairly well for the most part. And WU has been posting here fairly regularly.
What would you call a website owned by a Fortune 50 company (which has based its newest business model on some very spendy AI and "cloud computing" endeavors) that has been almost completely screwed up for 10 straight months? 

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2018, 04:22:50 AM »
The wind vane and speed came back the day after I posted above and yesterday it's disappeared again. So frustrating that what was once quality service has now become so poor and unreliable.

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Re: Wundermap - New Map UI Wind Barbs Messed up - UPDATE still not right
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2018, 04:24:56 AM »
Hi folks,

Unfortunately our web developers aren't meteorologists

They aren't web developers, either.  Weather Underground has been a flaming disaster since last September when the latest design was rolled out and just keeps getting worse.  IBM should be ashamed of themselves.

@WSWeather. The wind vane/speed feature worked for years. Why did it need changing?