Wikidata:Property proposal/Bureau of Meteorology Location Identifier
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Bureau of Meteorology location ID[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science
| Description | identifier of a location within Australia on the Bureau of Meteorology website providing weather observations and forecasts |
|---|---|
| Represents | Bureau of Meteorology (Q923429) |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | administrative territorial entity (Q56061) |
| Allowed values | [a-z\d]{7} |
| Example 1 | Goulburn (Q605235) → r3f6qd4 |
| Example 2 | Darwin (Q5225948) → qvv117s |
| Example 3 | Norfolk Island (Q8437343) → rdz6vgr |
| Example 4 | Albany (Q704257) → q9gbdrn |
| Source | https://weather.bom.gov.au/onboarding |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Implied notability | Wikidata property for an identifier that suggests notability (Q62589316) |
| Formatter URL | https://weather.bom.gov.au/location/$1 |
| Applicable "stated in"-value | Bureau of Meteorology (Q114882717) |
| Single-value constraint | yes |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
| Wikidata project | WikiProject Australia (Q11036831) |
Motivation[edit]
Weather observations and forecasts (including local rain radar) for localities throughout Australia (and including external territories). Dhx1 (talk) 12:22, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Discussion[edit]
Notified participants of WikiProject Australia
Support – good to know where our climate data is recorded. Oronsay (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: I wonder how this ID differs from Bureau of Meteorology station ID? If quite different, am happy to support. Oronsay (talk) 23:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Bureau of Meteorology station ID (P3796) is an identifier of a weather station where observations are taken on the ground. See [1] for a map of locations where weather stations collecting rainfall measurements. This proposal is an identifier for place name locations within Australia which would correspond to a point up to 3km away in the forecast grid from which localised weather forecasts are provided. Weather observations for place name locations at weather.bom.gov.au I assume just come from the closest weather station (Bureau of Meteorology station ID (P3796)) as the bird flies. In an example such as Neale, WA the closest weather station with full daily climate data is stated to be 228km away at Warburton, WA but if using this proposed identifier to weather.bom.gov.au, you'd get weather forecasts localised to a point within 3km of Neale, WA in the forecast grid. Dhx1 (talk) 00:56, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
- Comment: I wonder how this ID differs from Bureau of Meteorology station ID? If quite different, am happy to support. Oronsay (talk) 23:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Support UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 02:33, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
