[nws-changes] 20070904: NDFD location input: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

[Linda Miller]

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-63
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
1252 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2007

TO:       FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER 
          WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
          WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN SUBSCRIBERS...
          NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER 
          SERVICE /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...
          AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:     ROBERT BUNGE 
          INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER
          OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

SUBJECT:  ENHANCED OPTIONS FOR SPECIFYING LOCATION INPUT 
          TO THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE /NDFD/
          SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL /SOAP/ SERVICE 
          STARTS OCTOBER 18 2007

THE INFORMATION IN THIS NOTICE IS BEING PROVIDED AS A COURTESY.  
THIS NOTICE IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF NWS INSTRUCTION 10-1805. NWS 
WILL NOT POST THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO IMPLEMENT THIS NOTICE 
UNTIL OCTOBER 18. 

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 18 2007 AT 1400 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME 
/UTC/...THE NWS WILL BEGIN SUPPORTING NDFD SOAP WEB SERVICE 
REQUESTS CONTAINING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
 
THE NWS NDFD SOAP SERVICE CURRENTLY REQUIRES USERS TO SPECIFY A
SINGLE POINT...USING ITS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE...WHEN 
REQUESTING DATA. THE ENHANCED SERVICE ENABLES USERS TO PROVIDE 
MULTIPLE POINTS IN A SINGLE REQUEST TO THE SERVICE.  

THE IMPROVED SERVICE ALSO HELPS USERS IDENTIFY WHICH POINTS TO 
SUBMIT AS INPUT BY ALLOWING A USER TO LOCATE NDFD POINTS WITHIN
A RECTANGLE...ON A LINE...OR FOR ONE OR MORE ZIP CODES.  NEW 
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE SERVICE ARE DESCRIBED BELOW:

NDFDGENLATLONLIST:  ACCEPTS MULTIPLE NDFD POINTS IN A SINGLE
CALL TO THE SERVICE AND RETURNS DIGITAL WEATHER MARKUP 
LANGUAGE /DWML/ ENCODED NDFD DATA.

LATLONLISTSUBGRID:  RETURNS A LIST OF NDFD POINTS FOR A 
RECTANGULAR SUBGRID.  THE RECTANGLE IS DEFINED BY ITS LOWER 
LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT POINTS.

LATLONLISTLINE:  RETURNS A LIST OF NDFD POINTS ALONG A LINE.
THE LINE IS DEFINED BY ITS TWO END POINTS.

LATLONLISTZIPCODE:  RETURNS A LIST OF NDFD POINTS FOR A LIST
OF UNITED STATES ZIP CODES.

LATLONLISTSQUARE:  RETURNS A LIST OF NDFD POINTS FOR A 
SQUARE SUBGRID.  THE SQUARE IS DEFINED BY A CENTER 
POINT AND THE DISTANCE IN THE LATITUDINAL AND LONGITUDINAL
DIRECTIONS TO THE SQUARE/S SIDES.

CORNERPOINTS: RETURNS THE POINTS AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF AN 
NDFD GRID.

NDFDGENBYDAYLATLONLIST:  ACCEPTS MULTIPLE NDFD POINTS IN A 
SINGLE CALL TO THE SERVICE AND RETURNS DWML ENCODED NDFD 
DATA SUMMARIZED FOR EITHER 24- OR 12-HOURLY PERIODS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEW FUNCTIONS...GO TO /USE LOWER CASE 
LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FORECASTS/XML/

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE NDFD ELEMENTS AVAILABLE THROUGH 
THIS SERVICE...REFER TO /USER LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TECHNICAL.HTM

IF OCTOBER 18 2007 IS A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY...THIS 
IMPLEMENTATION MAY BE POSTPONED. IN THAT CASE USERS WILL BE 
NOTIFIED OF THAT DECISION VIA TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE AS 
FAR IN ADVANCE AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SERVICE... PLEASE 
CONTACT:

ROBERT BUNGE                  JOHN SCHATTEL
INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER  METEOROLOGIST
OFFICE OF CIO                 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND        SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
301-713-1381 X140              301-713-0056 X111
ROBERT.BUNGE at NOAA.GOV         JOHN.SCHATTEL at NOAA.GOV

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE...PLEASE CONTACT:

     ROBERT BUNGE
     INTERNET DISSEMINATION OFFICER
     OFFICE OF CIO
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
     PHONE: 301-713-1381 X140
     ROBERT.BUNGE at NOAA.GOV

IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NDFD DATA...
PLEASE CONTACT:

     DAVID RUTH
     CHIEF...MESOSCALE PREDICTION BRANCH
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
     OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
     DAVID.RUTH at NOAA.GOV

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE 
NDFD ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NDFD/TINS.HTM

ALL NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE POSTED AT /USE 
LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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