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Weather Forecast: showRainAmount displays in mm even when config.units='imperial'

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  • M Offline
    MichMich Admin
    last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 7:40 PM

    Hmmm… it seems OpenWeatherMap returns the data in MM no matter which what we request.
    What unit would be preferred? Inch? What notation would you recommend?

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    • S Offline
      strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @MichMich
      last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 7:46 PM

      @MichMich wikipedia tells inch for rain measurements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain#Measurement

      if(config.units === "imperial"{
        rainCell.innerHTML = forecast.rain / 25.4 + " in";
      }
      

      probably need parseFloat() for the data if its a string

      Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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      • F Offline
        fjnorb
        last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 7:55 PM

        It looks like it is returning millimeters. For instance, it says on Tuesday we’re going to get 15mm of rain, that’s about a half an inch, which is much more reasonable than the notion that we’d get 15 inches (381mm) of rain in one day. That sort of thing would be in the news feed, lol.

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        • M Offline
          MichMich Admin
          last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 8:16 PM

          I pushed an update to the develop branch. Please give it a try.

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          • F Offline
            fjnorb
            last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 9:58 PM

            Can you give me a quick idea of how to do that please? Installation was so simple I don’t know how.

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              strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @fjnorb
              last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 10:07 PM

              @fjnorb

              cd ~/MagicMirror
              git fetch
              git checkout develop
              npm install
              

              Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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              • F Offline
                fjnorb
                last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 10:10 PM

                Looks great! Appreciate the quick fix and quick responses, wish more FOSS projects were this professional and responsive.

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