owmread

Read local weather data from OpenWeatherMap and feed them to FlightGear

How to use

• Register on OpenWeatherMap and subscribe to a Free plan
• Retrieve your OpenWeatherMap API key here
• Run FlightGear using the option --httpd=*port*, and disable the real weather with --disable-real-weather-fetch.
• Run owmread specifying the FlightGear httpd port and your OpenWeatherMap API key (after first usage, it will be saved in a file and automatically retrieved)
• In FlightGear, select "Live data" in the Weather dialog.

How to compile

make. Dependencies: cURL, Boost. jsoncpp is included here.