7526 2 3 econsultancy_xml <p>Currently, numbers from BBC Weather and Weather.com (my top culprit) power MetaWeather's fully RSSified "better forecast" aggregate, which developer <a href="http://www.jasoncartwright.com/blog/entry/2006/2/metaweather_beta_launch">Jason Cartwright says</a> is still in beta.<br /><br />Don't bet that there's a business model here, and don't read the site as a reply to the <a href="/blog/027-web-2-0-startups-in-the-uk-questions-to-consider">UK's Web 2.0 drought</a>. But MetaWeather is one of the growing number of Brit mashups reliant on the open data available through the likes of the BBC's <a href="http://backstage.bbc.co.uk">Backstage</a> - and it may well have the final call on whether this weekend's barbecue still has the go-ahead.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>Currently, numbers from BBC Weather and Weather.com (my top culprit) power MetaWeather's fully RSSified "better forecast" aggregate, which developer <Link URL="http://www.jasoncartwright.com/blog/entry/2006/2/metaweather_beta_launch" Window="New">Jason Cartwright says</Link> is still in beta.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />Don't bet that there's a business model here, and don't read the site as a reply to the <Link URL="/blog/027-web-2-0-startups-in-the-uk-questions-to-consider" Window="New">UK's Web 2.0 drought</Link>. But MetaWeather is one of the growing number of Brit mashups reliant on the open data available through the likes of the BBC's <Link URL="http://backstage.bbc.co.uk" Window="New">Backstage</Link> - and it may well have the final call on whether this weekend's barbecue still has the go-ahead.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2006-06-23T16:06:00+01:00 1 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Have you ever checked the weather online, only to find competing forecasts from different sites? Did Michael Fish's 1987 reassurance that a hurricane was </strong> <strong> <em>not</em> </strong> <strong>on the way leave you with a mistrust of meteorologists? If so, <a href="http://www.metaweather.com">MetaWeather</a> may be worth a shot.</strong> <br /> <br />Developed by two producers at British games content agency Ferrago, the site combines forecast data from multiple sources to round up the predictions to an average - and supposedly more trustworthy - outlook.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Have you ever checked the weather online, only to find competing forecasts from different sites? Did Michael Fish's 1987 reassurance that a hurricane was </Emphasis> <Emphasis> <Quote>not</Quote> </Emphasis> <Emphasis>on the way leave you with a mistrust of meteorologists? If so, <Link URL="http://www.metaweather.com" Window="New">MetaWeather</Link> may be worth a shot.</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <LineBreak />Developed by two producers at British games content agency Ferrago, the site combines forecast data from multiple sources to round up the predictions to an average - and supposedly more trustworthy - outlook.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 33 361282 MetaWeather aims to build a better forecast false 2006-06-23T16:06:00+01:00 metaweather-aims-to-build-a-better-forecast 2009-04-28T22:29:52+01:00 2009-04-28T22:29:52+01:00 515