Nerd Vittles today introduces the ultimate Weather Station for any Asterisk system. And it works from any phone.
The Asterisk Weather Station: Forecasts from Any Phone for 42,740 U.S. Zip Codes
Excerpt: After we published our article providing Asterisk weather forecasts for 1,000 U.S. cities using airport codes, we heard from a number of folks asking if we could do something similar using zip codes to retrieve forecasts from the National Weather Service. Well, Santa is two weeks early, and today you get your wish: an enhanced weather application for Asterisk that supports every last zip code in the United States, all 42,740 of them. As with our original weather application based upon airport codes, this one requires the Flite voice synthesizer which now is an integral part of all TrixBox builds. You'll note that there are no thermometers and barometers to install with this application. So, to be perfectly candid, this is really a virtual weather station. The National Weather Service does the forecasting, the U.S. Postal Service does the locating, and the Asterisk Weather Station simply provides the glue to put the two together and retrieve and play the results using your touchtone telephone. The good news is that you actually control and manage this application rather than worrying about dialing into someone else's system and finding that they've gone out of business or quit providing the service.
Ward Mundy
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