v4.0.0
The most requested feature of PPG.report is here - 🌍 global support!
For our users in the United States
When viewing US locations, everything is the same! We still use rucsoundings.noaa.gov. However we've now added Open-Meteo.com for support of international locations.
This also means that US weather reports are now even more highly available. If rucsoundings.noaa.gov is down, PPG.report will seamlessly switch over to Open-Meteo.com.
Global coverage - and not just winds aloft!
Besides winds aloft, international locations also get:
- hourly weather data (including weather phenomenons),
- international SIGMET alerts, and
- airport TAF information, worldwide!
Open-Meteo.com, the API PPG.report uses for international weather data, seamlessly switches to use the best weather model for your location. In the future, this may become configurable!
Supported weather models:
- Deutscher Wetter Dienst (DWD)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Meteofrance
- Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC)
...and as Open Meteo adds additional models, you'll immediately benefit from that in PPG.report.
Which brings me to the next large feature of this release
Translations
We now (to a limited extent) support French, Dutch, Spanish and German. There's still a lot of work to do, but it's a start! If you would like to request a language and/or help translate, PLEASE reach out!
It's not just translations, either - a big effort is being made to ensure units automatically default for your device's locale (and of course, you can customize in Settings).
Normalized altitudes
Previously, when switching hour-to-hour, you saw that the altitudes changed slightly. This is because the underlying altitude is actually based on barometric pressure, and so the altitude in distance above ground can vary throughout the day.
Normalized altitudes automatically interpolates data for fixed heights above ground. Check it out!
Many other small bugfixes and enhancements
Ever found it annoying how you can't copy the coordinates for a location when viewing PPG.report installed from your homescreen? Well... Now you can just copy that location!
There's a bunch of other small, quality of life improvements in this release. See if you can find them. 😉
What's Changed
- Add typescript vite config by @aeharding in #128
- Add international support with Open-Meteo.com, add standardized altitudes by @aeharding in #129
Full Changelog: v3.10.3...v4.0.0
