AeroWeather for iPhone/iPod touch

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Get current and precise weather conditions (METAR) as well as weather forecasts (TAF), which are used by pilots for their flight preparations. You can choose worldwide airport weather stations from the built-in database by either name or ICAO code. Data will be shown in its original format or fully decoded into easy understandable texts. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Swedish.

This is the iPhone/iPod touch version of the AviationWeather widget.

Version 1.1.4 (as of Dec 28th, 2009):

- fixed bug regarding decoding "state of the runway" and decoding icing (which caused app to crash)
- minor decoder optimizations (RMK, RVR)
- optimized translation texts (Swedish, French, German)
- added option to use app in English (depends on region: Settings>General>International>Region Format)
- added some requested stations

Version 1.1.3 (as of Dec 2nd, 2009):

- important bug fix regarding "no network connection" message (can happen with EDGE/3G connections)
- integrated new dataset (coordinates, elevation) for most airports; now also with variation data
- added Swedish localization
- added some missing localizations for French and Italian
- added new option for temperatures (displays Celsius and Fahrenheit in station detail)
- added unit 'distance' (NM, km, miles) which is used in nearby stations
- METAR/TAF decoder bug fixes: corrected FT unit in runway visibility ranges

Version 1.1.2 (as of Nov 21st, 2009):

- added many requested stations (incl. corrections of coordinates and summertime)
- added to METAR/TAF decoder: multiple visibilities with directions, multiple temperature forecasts,
runway reports (L/R), various station-specfic (non-standard) decodings (which might have caused crashes)
- google map is now integrated in application
- built-in help
- re-arranged settings plus new units (mmHg for pressure, coordinates)
- bug fixes: nearby station functionality, NOAA flightrule (LIFR), minor bugs
- requires iPhoneOS 3.0 or higher

Version 1.1.1 (as of Dec 17th, 2008):

- optional display of twilight (in detail view)
- arrow indicating pressure trend (in overview list)
- shows both UTC and local time with text indicator of the actually chosen mode
- displays last detail view at startup when app was terminated by GoogleMaps etc.
- optional display of wind direction indicator (from resp. to)
- added to METAR decoder: runway reports, display COR (incl. other decoding improvements)
- fixed some wrong TAF decodings & ICAO label bug in overview list
- updated station list

Version 1.1 (as of Oct 21st, 2008):

- adapted new TAF specification of Nov 5th (ICAO Annex 3, Amendment 74)
- ordering of stations and reset of all stations
- selection of flightrule definition (none / by NOAA / by ICAO)
- display of past METAR data in case there is no current available (back to 4 hours)
- slightly re-arranged "decoded list" (wind direction arrow, cloud ceiling)
- many correction in the station database (coordinates, timezones, names)
- localization in Spanish and Italian
- fixing various decoder issues (vertical visibility, runway visibility, remarks ...)

Overview List (METAR Decoded)		Detail View

Features

displays raw and decoded METAR/TAF data (overview list and detail view)
quick switching between raw and decoded METAR/TAF in station detail view (may be helpful for student pilots)
search station from built-in database or find nearest stations based on your location (location based station searching may not work on iPod touch)
shows additional information like sunrise/sunset, station location/elevation, timezone, and daylight saving adjustment
optionally displays all times in GMT or in the station's local time
format and units can be set individually (supports US and metric units)
based on NWS (US National Weather Service) data-source

FAQ

Application uses wrong language (Version 1.1.4).
Make sure the "App in English" option is switched off to use German, French, Italian, or Swedish. The language settin, if switched off, is based on the region (change in Settings>General>International>Region Format).

Data does not load with message "no network connection" on Edge & 3G connection.
Please update to version 1.1.3.

How do I change temperature to Fahrenheit?
Tap on the "i" icon to go to the format and unit settings. Switch off "Original station units" and set unit for temperature below accordingly.
Temperatures in METAR/TAF are always in Celsius. So if "Orignal station units" in on, it'll always display in Celsius.

A station displays always just "data not available" only.
Some stations do not (or just during daytime) provide data. Please find another airport station nearby.

The airport/station is not shown when clicking on "Show in Google Maps".
Some coordinates may not be accurate anymore. Just mail me the ICAO codes and I'll have them fixed.

The application crashes!
This can happen when the METAR/TAF of a station is really malformatted (which unfortunately does happen). If possible, mail me the METAR/TAF or at the least ICAO codes/stations names so I can enhance the parsing process (you may check the raw data directly from http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/metars/).

Contact

Mail me if you have a question, found a bug, have suggestions, or can offer translations:
pascal.mac@gmail.com.