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Uses HighCharts.js to plot a windrose from SynopticLabs' API
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Wind Rose Example</title>
<!-- You need to import these -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<!-- Local Script to make this happen -->
<script type="text/javascript">
/* Kick off! */
var api_token = "eecfc0259e2946a68f41080021724419";
$(document).ready(function() {
getQuery("WBB", 1440, api_token);
});
/*
* Helper function
* scalarMultiply(array, scalar)
*/
function scalarMultiply(arr, scalar) {
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
arr[i] = arr[i] * scalar;
}
return arr;
}
/*
* getQuery(station, api_token)
*/
function getQuery(station, mins, api_token) {
$.getJSON('http://api.mesowest.net/v2/stations/timeseries?callback=?', {
/* Specify the request parameters here */
stid: station,
recent: mins, /* How many mins you want */
obtimezone: "local",
vars: "wind_speed,wind_direction,wind_gust",
jsonformat: 2, /* for diagnostics */
token: api_token
},
function(data) {
try {
windSpeed = data.STATION[0].OBSERVATIONS.wind_speed_set_1;
windDir = data.STATION[0].OBSERVATIONS.wind_direction_set_1;
windGust = data.STATION[0].OBSERVATIONS.wind_gust_set_1;
} catch (err) {
console.log("Data is invalid. Check your API query");
console.log(this.url);
exit();
}
/* Convert from knots to mph */
windSpeed = scalarMultiply(windSpeed, 1.15078);
//windGust = scalarMultiply(windGust, 1.15078);
/* Create and populate array for plotting */
windData = [];
for (i = 0; i < windSpeed.length; i++) {
windData.push([windDir[i], windSpeed[i]]);
}
/* Debug */
// console.log(windData);
console.log(this.url);
plotWindRose(windData, mins);
})
};
/*
* Plot the wind rose
* plotWindRose([direction, speed])
*/
function plotWindRose(windData, mins) {
/*
* Note:
* Because of the nature of the data we will accept the HighCharts Error #15.
* --> Highcharts Error #15 (Highcharts expects data to be sorted).
* This only results in a performance issue.
*/
var categories = ["0", "45", "90", "135", "180", "225", "270", "315"];
$('#wind-rose').highcharts({
series: [{
name: "Wind Speed",
color: '#cc3000',
data: windData
}],
chart: {
type: 'column',
polar: true
},
title: {
text: 'Wind Direction vs. Frequency (Last ' + mins/60. + ' hours)'
},
pane: {
size: '90%',
},
legend: {
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 100,
text: "Wind Direction"
},
xAxis: {
min: 0,
max: 360,
type: "",
tickInterval: 45,
tickmarkPlacement: 'on',
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return categories[this.value / 45] + '\u00B0';
}
}
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
endOnTick: false,
showLastLabel: true,
title: {
text: 'Frequency (%)'
},
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return this.value + '%';
}
},
reversedStacks: false
},
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: '%'
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
stacking: 'normal',
shadow: false,
groupPadding: 20,
pointPlacement: 'on'
}
}
});
}
</script>
<!-- Local CSS -->
<style>
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
#wind-rose {
max-width: 50%;
padding: 1em;
margin: auto;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Wind Rose Example</h1>
<div id="wind-rose"></div>
</body>
</html>
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