Hi,
It been bugging me for a while to find a way to know what is the current head wind (or tail wind)... So I've finally took the time to make a prototype app !
http://matesla.ca/headwind.html
For the people still in the stone age, you can use this : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?unit=imperial
It should work on pretty much any browser (even your phone), but I just cared so it show OK in the Tesla. (No dark theme yet)
It basicly get your heading by taking 2 GPS coordinate (30 second interval), and download the weather information for that specific coordinate.
It not perfect, but might help some of you to determine if your high wattage usage is from wind or not... Though, weather information is not that accurate, but it still should give you an idea.
By default, the app use openweathermap as it data source, but I found it to be pretty inaccurate...
If you want to try a different source like forecast.io, you can go create your self an account to get a API KEY (FREE for 1000 query or less per day) at : Forecast for Developers
Then you can enter it in this URL : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?w_engine=forecast&forecast_key=YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY_HERE NOTE: That your API will hit my server... You can copy that html page if that bother you.
UPDATE !!!
I've added another source of weather information that seem even better !
Weather Underground Weather Forecast & Reports - Long Range & Local | Wunderground | Weather Underground. (500 free api call) You can register here : API | Weather Underground (Note that you better create an account first and login into that account before, else you will have to do the process again). You can check a map of the different weather station data it have here : WunderMap | Interactive Weather Map and Radar | Weather Underground
You can then access it this way : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?w_engine=wunderground&wunderground_key=YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY_HERE
Hope you guys find it useful !
Moc
It been bugging me for a while to find a way to know what is the current head wind (or tail wind)... So I've finally took the time to make a prototype app !
http://matesla.ca/headwind.html
For the people still in the stone age, you can use this : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?unit=imperial
It should work on pretty much any browser (even your phone), but I just cared so it show OK in the Tesla. (No dark theme yet)
It basicly get your heading by taking 2 GPS coordinate (30 second interval), and download the weather information for that specific coordinate.
It not perfect, but might help some of you to determine if your high wattage usage is from wind or not... Though, weather information is not that accurate, but it still should give you an idea.
By default, the app use openweathermap as it data source, but I found it to be pretty inaccurate...
If you want to try a different source like forecast.io, you can go create your self an account to get a API KEY (FREE for 1000 query or less per day) at : Forecast for Developers
Then you can enter it in this URL : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?w_engine=forecast&forecast_key=YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY_HERE NOTE: That your API will hit my server... You can copy that html page if that bother you.
UPDATE !!!
I've added another source of weather information that seem even better !
Weather Underground Weather Forecast & Reports - Long Range & Local | Wunderground | Weather Underground. (500 free api call) You can register here : API | Weather Underground (Note that you better create an account first and login into that account before, else you will have to do the process again). You can check a map of the different weather station data it have here : WunderMap | Interactive Weather Map and Radar | Weather Underground
You can then access it this way : http://matesla.ca/headwind.html?w_engine=wunderground&wunderground_key=YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY_HERE
Hope you guys find it useful !
Moc
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