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by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:15 pm
Forum: Plugins
Topic: Leaflet Weather Overlay
Replies: 7
Views: 14155

Re: Leaflet Weather Overlay

I've modified Nitro99's code to use the free nexrad leaflet tile server at U of IA... see this post viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1859
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:11 pm
Forum: Plugins
Topic: Create Custom Link w/ Custom Content Plugin
Replies: 18
Views: 34410

Re: Create Custom Link w/ Custom Content Plugin

That doesn't quite answer how to put NEW links in the front, and there's a conceptualy easier way. // reverse the order of the array VRS.linkRenderHandlers.reverse(); // remove the last element (which was the first) VRS.linkRenderHandlers.pop(); // add your new link handlers to the end... VRS.linkRe...
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:02 pm
Forum: Plugins
Topic: Create Custom Link w/ Custom Content Plugin
Replies: 18
Views: 34410

Re: Create Custom Link w/ Custom Content Plugin

jfm The problem with your code is that you didn't remove selected.aircraft from the prototype url you used, and VRS doesn't have that... which would have shown up if you had looked at the javascript console. This function works: VRS.LinkSite["FlightRadar24DotCom"] = "flightradar24.com...
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:32 pm
Forum: VRS on Linux
Topic: Adding a URL
Replies: 2
Views: 7342

Re: Adding a URL

Well, is there another web server operating on this machine? I.E. if you go to http://ea-radar.co.uk do you get a page? If so, then the answer is easy. Create a virtualradar folder under the web root of that server, and in it create an index.html as follows <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="refre...
by RickBoatright
Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:36 pm
Forum: Plugins
Topic: US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING
Replies: 10
Views: 17549

Re: US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING

Updated to include the GOES composit visible and IR north american images AND a new overlay transparency slider control.
by RickBoatright
Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:00 am
Forum: Plugins
Topic: weather layer
Replies: 29
Views: 44858

Re: weather layer

agw, the nexrad free tile server spec is

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https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cache/tile.py/1.0.0/nexrad-n0q-900913/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?_='+ time
other service details at https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/ogc/
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:54 pm
Forum: Plugins
Topic: US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING
Replies: 10
Views: 17549

Re: US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING

Thanks. I couldn't have done it without yours. For anyone else, please note that the Sat cloud layer from NASA is the most-recent available, and so may not (yet) have flown over your part of the world today. I plan to add the geostationary images that are "mostly full hemisphere" at some p...
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:09 am
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: US Nexrad weather layer -- working in 2.x
Replies: 2
Views: 8554

US Nexrad weather layer -- working in 2.x

I have a working US weather and cloud layer using the Custom Content plugin available at https://github.com/BoatrightTBC/vrs-overlays It's derived from, but different than Nitro99's UK overlay. Please try downloading and installing it, and let me know if you have a problem. Here's a screenshot from ...
by RickBoatright
Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:08 am
Forum: Plugins
Topic: US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING
Replies: 10
Views: 17549

US based weather layer using Custom Content - WORKING

I have a working US weather and cloud layer using the Custom Content plugin available at https://github.com/BoatrightTBC/vrs-overlays It's derived from, but different than Nitro99's UK overlay. Please try downloading and installing it, and let me know if you have a problem. Here's a screenshot from ...
by RickBoatright
Sat May 25, 2019 10:14 am
Forum: Installation Problems
Topic: Operator Flags and Model Silhouettes
Replies: 3
Views: 13739

Re: Operator Flags and Model Silhouettes

Updated (and much fancier) instructions here from May 2019

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=929&p=8646#p8645