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Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Tue 09 May 2017 12:09 pm
by ConligWX
Just FYI:
From Tuesday, 2 May 2017 through Friday, 12 May 2017 the Naval Observatory will perform scheduled network maintenance.
Network degradations or outages impacting our product delivery are possible but should be temporary in nature.
Source:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Sun 02 Jul 2017 10:52 pm
by ConligWX
looks like the site is down again.
had the usual error again...
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /../../../../get-USNO-sunmoon.php on line 359
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /../../../../get-USNO-sunmoon.php on line 368
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017 1:11 am
by saratogaWX
Yes, the api.usno.navy.mil server is down
<!-- get-USNO-sunmoon.php - Version 2.04 - 11-Nov-2015 -->
<!-- refetch seconds=1 -->
<!-- loading ./cache/USNO-moondata.txt from
http://api.usno.navy.mil/rstt/oneday?da ... 4323&tz=-7 -->
<!-- GET /rstt/oneday?date=07/02/2017&coords=37.27153397,-122.02274323&tz=-7 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.usno.navy.mil Port: 80 IP=199.211.133.93-->
<!--
Network error: Connection timed out (110) -->
<!-- HTTP stats: dns=0.102 conn=5.005 put=n/a get( blocks)=n/a close=n/a total=5.107 secs -->
<!-- fetch function elapsed= 5 secs. -->
<!-- loading finished. -->
<!-- processing JSON entries for Moon data -->
<!-- json_decode returns - No errors -->
<!-- note: 'fracillum' not in JSON, no 'illumination' is available. -->
<!-- USNOdata
Array
(
)
-->
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017 11:13 am
by ConligWX
saratogaWX wrote:Yes, the api.usno.navy.mil server is down
Ken, Do you have a contact address for them?
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Mon 03 Jul 2017 3:24 pm
by saratogaWX
I've found that
hostmaster@navy.mil generally gets a response.
I've sent them a note about the issue, and used
http://www.usno.navy.mil/help/astronomy-help (selecting Astronomy Data Services) to send an additional email.
Hopefully, one or the other will get the issue with api.usno.navy.mil resolved soon.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 05 Jul 2017 11:54 am
by ConligWX
Looks like its now resolving to the URL.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 05 Jul 2017 6:33 pm
by saratogaWX
Yes, they replied to my 'it's down' message this morning with
The site is now up.
Sincerely,
Astronomical Applications Department.
I guess the webmaster for api.usno.navy.mil took a 4-day July 4th holiday and returned to fix the server.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 05 Jul 2017 10:16 pm
by ConligWX
saratogaWX wrote:Yes, they replied to my 'it's down' message this morning with
The site is now up.
Sincerely,
Astronomical Applications Department.
I guess the webmaster for api.usno.navy.mil took a 4-day July 4th holiday and returned to fix the server.
yep looks that way, I too got an email from them, so at least someone works there
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 26 Jul 2017 3:23 pm
by ConligWX
Ken
I thought I have an issue again with USNO data, but I noticed the file was 0 bytes in size. deleted the USNO-moondata.txt and refreshed the page fixed the issue.
Is there a possibility that there could be a file check added to the script to check its size and if it is zero bytes then delete it?
Just a suggestion...
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Sat 29 Jul 2017 9:26 pm
by ConligWX
Well at least the US Navy are consistent with their outages I guess
I've noticed again the link has been offline for 2 days now. I have emailed them again.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 02 Aug 2017 6:16 pm
by ConligWX
got an email from USNO, but so far no update to when this issue is going to be fixed
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 02 Aug 2017 7:48 pm
by saratogaWX
As did I, yesterday. Got the note back today
Good morning,
We are still experiencing technical difficulties with our website. We hope it will be back soon.
Respectfully,
MRCF
________________________________________
From: portal @ usno.navy.mil
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 1:17 PM
To: NAVOBSY_AA-Help
Subject: Astronomical data services
Your E-Mail Address
webmaster at saratoga-weather.org
Astronomy Topics
- Astronomical data services
Question
<div>It appears that api.usno.navy.mil and
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php are not working.
<br />
<br />Please give the webserver(s) a kick to get them started again.
<br />
<br />This has been going on for several days.</div>
It is quite frustrating to have the service behave so poorly after a long time working without a hitch.. It was back for a couple of hours this morning, but is down again. I suppose they restarted it and it clogged up again.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 02 Aug 2017 9:17 pm
by saratogaWX
I put together a test page that compares the Sun/Moon data from the USNO to that provided by various weather software and scripts.
As you can see, not all the software provides all the data needed. The blue bars highlight the needed data for the Saratoga template.
The red boxes highlight that data as missing from the software/script.
Also note the variations in the times v.s. the data from the USNO (for my latitude/longitude). That's kinda why I decided to use the USNO as the prime source.
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 02 Aug 2017 9:42 pm
by ConligWX
saratogaWX wrote:It is quite frustrating to have the service behave so poorly after a long time working without a hitch.. It was back for a couple of hours this morning, but is down again. I suppose they restarted it and it clogged up again.
here's the reply I got today, fro me asking for an update into the outage.
NAVOBSY_AA-Help
14:02 (8 hours ago)
to me
Good morning,
Unfortunately, we do not yet have an update.
Respectfully,
MRCF
Re: Error regarding USNO Sunmoon data
Posted: Wed 02 Aug 2017 9:44 pm
by ConligWX
saratogaWX wrote:I put together a test page that compares the Sun/Moon data from the USNO to that provided by various weather software and scripts.
As you can see, not all the software provides all the data needed. The blue bars highlight the needed data for the Saratoga template.
The red boxes highlight that data as missing from the software/script.
Also note the variations in the times v.s. the data from the USNO (for my latitude/longitude). That's kinda why I decided to use the USNO as the prime source.
Excellent. Just curious, does WU data not include sun/moon data for the Weather Stations site via the wu api?