meteo-map-viewer

An app that indicates your aircraft location on meteo maps, using SimAir.io events.

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run:

Requirements

You will need to install yarn.

If you use Chrome.

You will need to install this chrome extension that helps with bypassing CORS(Cross Origin Requests) for now to access event data from SimAir. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/allow-cors-access-control/lhobafahddgcelffkeicbaginigeejlf?hl=en

If you use Firefox

You will need to install this firefox extension that helps with bypassing CORS(Cross Origin Requests) for now to access event data from SimAir. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cors-everywhere/

After you restart your browser, you will need to click the extension and Toggle it on.

Open the command line and run

Clone this repo locally

• Open your command line (Windows start -> Command Prompt)
• git clone https://github.com/nikilok/meteo-map-viewer.git
• navigate to the folder (cd <path/to/repo>) and install packages using yarn

Install all packages typing in yarn

You will first need to install all packages used by this app with this command.

yarn start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000?user=useraccount to view it in the browser.

You will need to pass your SimAir user account name in the url's user parameter.

The app will automatically fetch your latest flight and display it.

This should enable automatic flight tracking with weather at the altitude your flying at.

How to get rid of the Meteo blue cookies dialog.

• Right click your browser and select "Inspect / Inspect Element".
• Find the items that says class="gdpr_message"
• Right click that item and select "Delete element" (or) simply select the item and hit delete on your keyboard.
• You can now close the Inspect tool and view your simulated aircraft on the meteoblue page.

Optional map type inputs Open http://localhost:3000?user=useraccount&map=wind~hourly to get aircraft altitude plotted to the specific wind map type.

You could use the following map types for the map parameter in the url

• windAnimation~coldwarm (default)
• windAnimation~rainbow
• wind~hourly
• cloudsAndPrecipitation~hourly

More Info

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/msfs-cannonball-run-challenge-kjfk-to-klax-in-a-ga-plane-for-charity-prize-from-microsoft/325268/732?u=noksx