Apologies - for broken things!

August 18-19, 2010.

Two separate server problems, combined with a bug in the iPad version of Weather Radar Map HD, caused an interruption of radar service for most of you. In some cases the app might have even crashed on startup. The server is now back on line so operation should be back to normal.

Details:

1. One of the 3 National Weather Service servers, from which the app gets data, was offline. This is the server located at http://www.srh.noaa.gov.

2. A separate server that hosts this web site (wxradmap.com) was having issues as well. This server also renders the National Mosaic view for both the iPad and iPhone versions of the app. The result is that you were left without the help functionality and had problems with the National Mosaic. This server is now back up.

3. Related to #1 above, I found a bug in the iPad version of Weather Radar Map. Normally, if you have problems getting data from one server, you can just go to Setttings, and choose another one of the 3 choices. It turns out that I'd left some test code in the app that was hard-wired to the NWS server that was down, therefore switching server choices did not help! I might have never have found the bug had the server not gone down.

The good news is, the bug mentioned in #3 is now fixed and will be arriving soon to your device, via an update in the App Store. This new version will also include, an improved user interface and the long awaited (and most requested feature) - NWS Warning Boxes!

The new version will be 1.1 and should be submitted to the App Store by this weekend. So you all should see it soon.

Thanks for your patience regarding the wounded servers and newfound bug.

Regards,
Allen Chapman,
Developer - Weather Radar Map HD