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Learn how the Weather Workbook is constructed and how you can modify it to make your own custom interface. Background Many of you may already be familiar with the Visual Crossing Weather Workbook for Excel. If you are note and want to learn more we encourage you to first download the workbook and pull data …
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This tutorial will guide you through the process of joining an existing Excel sheet to both historical and forecast weather data using Visual Crossing Weather Add-in for Microsoft Excel. For sample data we will use a sheet containing several store locations on the US East Coast. First-time users are encouraged to walk through the …
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The Visual Crossing Weather API provides a simple way to import weather data and climate information into applications and back end systems. In addition, the web services allow developers to easily integrate weather data into web sites and other development projects. This document explains the usage of the available web services including the input parameters …
This article describes how to retrieve weather data such as weather forecast, historical weather observations and historical climate summaries using an ODATA bahttps://www.visualcrossing.com/resources/documentation/weather-api/building-and-running-your-first-weather-api-query/sed request. What is ODATA and when should I use it? According to odata.org: OData (Open Data Protocol) is an ISO/IEC approved, OASIS standard that defines a set of best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. …
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This document applies to the /forecast and /history endpoints. If you are using the Timeline Weather API (/timeline), you can find the JSON structure documented on the Time Weather API documentation page. This article describes the JSON structure returned from the weather API. This same basic structure is returned for both weather forecast, weather history …
This article describes the fastest way to get started with the Visual Crossing Weather API by constructing API queries using the Weather Data Services page. Steps Navigate to Visual Crossing Weather Data Services Log in to your account (create a free trial account if necessary) Add one or more locations Construct a weather forecast or weather …
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There are two types of Location sources that can be provided to the Weather Excel Add-in: Latitude/Longitude and Address. This article describes how to use both forms. Latitude/Longitude Location Source Latitude and longitude are used to locate points on the globe as a pair of coordinates represented by numbers. Latitude represents how far north/south the …
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Overview The Visual Crossing Weather platform is able to join and analyze both historical weather and weather forecast data from many sources. The product includes both historical and forecast weather data loaded periodically from various data providers. This document describes the data that is currently available. (Please note that additional data options are available for …
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Overview This article describes the steps to sign up for Visual Crossing Weather Data Services and the Visual Crossing Weather API. In addition, the article describes the steps to view your account information and modify your subscription or payment information. Accessing the Weather Data Services Page Sign up for weather data viewing, data download and …
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Weather Data Services provides an easy way to access weather forecast data, historical weather observation data and historical summary data. The data is accessible in three ways – directly in the browser, as a data download or as a Restful API link. We will show you how to build the query in your browser and how …
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