Offshoremaps

NAME

Offshoremaps - Lightning and wave maps for offshore helicopter pilots

DESCRIPTION

This service delivers PNG maps for several areas in Norway, aimed at helicopter traffic in the North Sea. These are primarily intended for use at IPPC.no.

There are currently three types of maps:

helicoptertriggeredlightningindex

Maps showing risk of helicopter triggered lightning

helicopterlightningobservations

Maps of lightning detected by radar

helicoptersignificantwaveheight

Maps of average wave heights that can affect low flying aircraft

USAGE

Parameters

type

Type of map. Must be used either as parameter or as endpoint (method). Valid types are:

helicopterlightningobservations, helicoptersignificantwaveheight, helicoptertriggeredlightningindex

area

The geographical area covered by the map. Valid areas are:

central_norway, northern_norway, norway, western_norway

time (optional)

Time of forecast in ISO format, e.g. 2019-01-15T12:00:00Z. A forecast is generated for (how long ahead?). FIXME

If not specified, the forecast for the next available hour is used.

Sample request URLs

https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/helicopterlightningobservations?area=northern_norway

https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0?area=norway&type=helicoptersignificantwaveheight&time=2023-03-28T16:00:00Z

available

A list of available data may be retrieved using the 'available' method, either as XML or JSON.

https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/available

https://api.met.no/weatherapi/offshoremaps/1.0/available.json?type=helicoptertriggeredlightningindex

CHANGELOG

Version 1.0 beta: : 2023-02-24

Initial version