Customize Weather Maps

Helios supports creation of dynamic links for any Weather or Map service that accepts links formatted with url arguments.

The example links available below can be used in your Helios Calendar by saving them within your admin console Settings.

Link Format

To construct a link replace the values of a valid link with it's equivalent variable from the list below.

Variables

The following variables are available for use in weather and map links.

• [address] - Location Street Address
• [city] - Location City
• [region] - Location Region (State, Province, etc)
• [country] - Location Country
• [postalcode] - Location Postal Code (Zip Code, Postcode, etc)
• [lat] - Location Geocode Latitude
• [lon] - Location Geocode Longitude

Weather Provider Link Examples

AccuWeather.com

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&zipcode=[postalcode]

Weather.com

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/[city]+[region]+[postalcode]

Weather Underground

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=[postalcode]

Yahoo Weather

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/[postalcode].html

Weather.com (French)

http://fr.weather.com/conditions_actuelles/[lat],[lon]

International Weather Link Examples

AccuWeather.com (Canada)

http://www.accuweather.com/canada-weather-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&postalcode=[postalcode]

AccuWeather.com (UK & Ireland)

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index-forecast.asp?postalcode=[postalcode]

News.com.au (Australia)

http://weather.news.com.au/searchlocal.jsp?name=[city]&state=[region]&postcode=[postalcode]

Weatherzone (Australia)

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/local/search.jsp?search=[city]%20[postalcode]

Map Examples

Bing Maps (Microsoft)

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&where1=[address],%20[city],%20[region]%20[postalcode]%20[country]

or

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=[lat]%2C%20[lon]

Google Maps

https://www.google.com/maps/place/[address],%20[city],%20[region]%20[postalcode]%20[country]

or

https://www.google.com/maps/place/[lat]%2C%20[lon]

MapQuest

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?geodiff=1&address=[address]&city=[city]&state=[region]&zipcode=[postalcode]&country=[country]

or

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/l=[lat];g=[lon]

OpenStreetMap

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=[lat]&mlon=[lon]&zoom=15

Note: Zoom can be adjusted as needed for a varying default zoom level.

Yahoo Maps

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=[address]&csz=[city]+[region]+[postalcode]&country=[country]

or

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=[lat]%2C%20[lon]