GIS

Dr Robert Dahni is a meteorologist who has worked in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for over 25 years. From weather forecasting, IT support in research and operations to software development for domestic and international projects, he has developed skills in the analysis and visualisation of meteorological data. Over recent years, he has investigated accessibility of the Bureau's data and products into clients Geographic Information System (GIS) and implementation of web-based services for on-demand access to spatial data.

Spatial Weather Services

Live Weather is a spatially enabled, trial weather information service developed by the Bureau of Meteorology. Utilising Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, the Bureau's OGC Web Services provide Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) access to near real-time weather information. The weather data can also be accessed in spatial formats, shapefile or geographic Markup Language (GML) for display or integration into a user's own spatial data (GIS) and management systems.

Example of the ExplorOz Live Weather system:
www.exploroz.com/Places/Weather.aspx