Quality of data is the most important factor.
Posted: Mon 03 Apr 2023 10:18 am
Being a former programmer my primary target when keeping weather records is the accuracy of the data. Whilst I may not have the most compelling website I pride myself on the quality of the data it shows. I consider that to be the most important factor as visitors may distrust any new record if they see what are clearly erroneous records.
When I visit some other sites running Cumulus / CumulusMX I am disappointed to see 'records' that are clearly impossible. Why don't the owners correct them? The 'all-time record' LED flashes on both my website and Cumulus when one is broken and on days when it's highly suspicious I investigate the same day and correct the data where necessary asap.
Do you do the same?
Whilst I don't have the appetite to develop my website I do import my dayfile.txt file into a Microsoft Access database where I interrogate and display the data. The image below is the result. Over 5,000 records imported and processed in less than 5 seconds on a Windows 10 laptop. That database with all the SQL code and queries was designed and written over 10 years ago and still works well.
Do any of you do anything similar?
When I visit some other sites running Cumulus / CumulusMX I am disappointed to see 'records' that are clearly impossible. Why don't the owners correct them? The 'all-time record' LED flashes on both my website and Cumulus when one is broken and on days when it's highly suspicious I investigate the same day and correct the data where necessary asap.
Do you do the same?
Whilst I don't have the appetite to develop my website I do import my dayfile.txt file into a Microsoft Access database where I interrogate and display the data. The image below is the result. Over 5,000 records imported and processed in less than 5 seconds on a Windows 10 laptop. That database with all the SQL code and queries was designed and written over 10 years ago and still works well.
Do any of you do anything similar?