10 Replies Latest reply on Dec 22, 2009 3:34 PM by MarieB

Live Weather Map for 9.5

LarryB Dec 3, 2009 3:37 PM

I'm looking for the download for the active weather map on the Orian demo page. I'm not talking about doing the URL linking, this is the map in column 1 on the demo page that displays a real time weather map to that area. I was told it was out here but I can't find it.

Re: Live Weather Map for 9.5

MarieB Dec 3, 2009 4:27 PM (in response to LarryB)

Hi Larry--
There are a couple of Live Weather Map downloads in the Content Exchange. Check out this posts:
Live Weather Map
Live Weather Map - VBS Script (requires no software)
HTH,
Marie
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- Re: Live Weather Map for 9.5
  
  LarryB Dec 3, 2009 5:40 PM (in response to MarieB)
  
  Hi Marie,
  I saw both of these but both refer to programs that do not exist with 9.5. I was on a webex today for an hour and was told that the map on http://oriandemo.solarwinds.com, uses the custom HTML feature in the Web Console which is never mentioned in these posts. In fact most of the comments are from 2007. The map I refer to is the one at bottem left from the National Weather Service.
  Larry
  
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    michalB Dec 4, 2009 1:22 AM (in response to LarryB)
    
    the map you mean is a custom html resource displaying image with URL http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoop_Small.gif
    
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      LarryB Dec 4, 2009 2:13 PM (in response to michalB)
      
      Yes I know, but the question is how do you get it on the Network Summary page as a real time map like it is on the demo page I referenced. I was told you had to download some content from thwack and then use Custom HTML from the ADMIN section under Manage views. The posts previously mention to me were from 2007 and refer to earlier versions of NPM. Can you walk me though this process or point me to some documentation to do this?
      
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        michalB Dec 4, 2009 2:28 PM (in response to LarryB)
        
        If you want to add the picture as a map with nodes that show status, you cannot. Network Maps cannot have animated backgrounds. If you just want to add the picture follow these steps:
        1) Click the "Customize Page" button (top right)
        2) add a new resource to one of the columns (the green + button)
        3) select Custom HTML resource from the Misc section
        4) submit the change and go back to the home page
        5) click the Edit button on the new resource
        6) add the html code you want to have displayed
        
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        swcrocker Dec 17, 2009 4:54 PM (in response to michalB)
        
        Larry,
        Did you get this to work? I put in the html only the code displays. The instructions above are short on details.
        
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        acherman Dec 17, 2009 5:22 PM (in response to swcrocker)
        
        Follow the steps above to add a custom html resource and edit it. Enter this code -> <IMG SRC="http://radar.weather.gov/Conu/Loop/NatLoop_Small.gif">
        Aaron
        
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        Re: Live Weather Map for 9.5
        
        LarryB Dec 21, 2009 11:11 AM (in response to swcrocker)
        
        Yes I did. I did the following
        Go to Admin
        Select Manage View under the View section
        Select Network Summary and then edit
        I wanted the map in the left column so I pressed the green plus sign in that column
        Expand Miscellaneous - Miscellaneous Resources
        Check the Custom HTML box and then submit
        Now you can position the Custom HTML buy using the up/down arrows to put the map where you want it on the page
        Select Done when complete
        Go back to the home page. You should see a blank box with "edit" and "help" buttons, select "edit"
        Give your map a title
        Since I don't do much HTML programming, I used a program called "kompozer" to generate the code below which puts the active National Weather Map in the box.
        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
        <html>
        <head>
        <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
        http-equiv="content-type">
        <title></title>
        </head>
        <body>
        <img style="width: 420px; height: 300px;" alt=""
        src="http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoop_Small.gif">
        </body>
        </html>
        You can change the link for other maps and you can adjust the width and height to suit. I used this code for other map views in Column 1 and in Column 2
        This works great I now have an Ohio view and the national view on my home page now.
        
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        LarryB Dec 21, 2009 11:19 AM (in response to michalB)
        
        The above is not quite true, if you add the map using the Network Atlas, you are able to include a weather map that will refresh at whatever rate you have set for the home page and on top you can overlay the various nodes. However using the HTML resource to have a real time map I will agree you cannot do that.
        It would be nice it you could as the refresh method leaves a lot to be desired.
        
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        Re: Live Weather Map for 9.5
        
        MarieB Dec 22, 2009 3:34 PM (in response to LarryB)
        
        Thanks, Larry, for sharing. I'll make sure the product manager sees this as a Feature Request.
        Marie
        
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