如果您通过 Yahoo 进行 lat/long->woeid 和天气呼叫,您可能会获得更好的结果。您可以使用YQL为您执行这两个调用。
例如,使用上面的 lat/long 对,这是一个 YQL 查询,它首先将 lat/long 对转换为 woeid,然后使用它来获取预测:
select * from weather.woeid where w in (select woeid from geo.placefinder where text="-121.433098, 40.509312" and gflags="R")
在 YQL 控制台中尝试时,结果如下:
<query xmlns:yahoo="http://www.yahooapis.com/v1/base.rng"
yahoo:count="1" yahoo:created="2011-12-30T20:43:08Z" yahoo:lang="en-US">
<results>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:yweather="http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0">
<channel>
<title>Yahoo! Weather - Old Station, CA</title>
<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Old_Station__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0801_f.html</link>
<description>Yahoo! Weather for Old Station, CA</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:53 am PST</lastBuildDate>
<ttl>60</ttl>
<yweather:location city="Old Station"
country="United States" region="CA"/>
<yweather:units distance="mi" pressure="in" speed="mph" temperature="F"/>
<yweather:wind chill="51" direction="200" speed="7"/>
<yweather:atmosphere humidity="89" pressure="30.08"
rising="2" visibility="4"/>
<yweather:astronomy sunrise="7:33 am" sunset="4:52 pm"/>
<image>
<title>Yahoo! Weather</title>
<width>142</width>
<height>18</height>
<link>http://weather.yahoo.com</link>
<url>http://l.yimg.com/a/i/brand/purplelogo//uh/us/news-wea.gif</url>
</image>
<item>
<title>Conditions for Old Station, CA at 11:53 am PST</title>
<geo:lat>40.59</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-121.49</geo:long>
<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Old_Station__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0801_f.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:53 am PST</pubDate>
<yweather:condition code="26"
date="Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:53 am PST" temp="51" text="Cloudy"/>
<description><![CDATA[
<img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/we/52/26.gif"/><br />
<b>Current Conditions:</b><br />
Cloudy, 51 F<BR />
<BR /><b>Forecast:</b><BR />
Fri - Rain/Snow Showers. High: 43 Low: 21<br />
Sat - Partly Cloudy. High: 48 Low: 23<br />
<br />
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Old_Station__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0801_f.html">Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather</a><BR/><BR/>
(provided by <a href="http://www.weather.com" >The Weather Channel</a>)<br/>
]]></description>
<yweather:forecast code="5" date="30 Dec 2011"
day="Fri" high="43" low="21" text="Rain/Snow Showers"/>
<yweather:forecast code="30" date="31 Dec 2011"
day="Sat" high="48" low="23" text="Partly Cloudy"/>
<guid isPermaLink="false">USCA0801_2011_12_31_7_00_PST</guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
</results>
</query>