'Weather Report' applet fails to show the radar map

[Graeme Nichols]

inode0 wrote:
> On 7/1/06, Graeme Nichols <gnichols at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have had the 'Weather Report' applet on my task bar for years now but
>> I have never been able to get it to display the radar map. The 'Help'
>> details how to get a radar map from other than http://weather.com but I
>> want the radar map for Sydney, Australia. The url for that radar map is
>> http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR033.shtml. Entering that url in a
>> browser correctly brings up the radar map but it doesn't work in the
>> 'Weather Report' applet.
>>
>> Has anyone got the radar map to work on their system. BTW, before you
>> ask, the radar map I want is freely available :-) and the url I want is
>> actually shown in the applet help so I am a bit non-plussed.
> 
> 
> Try using this url instead ...
> 
> http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR033.gif
> 
> I'm not sure that is exactly what you need but I suspect you just need
> to drill down closer to the actual radar image.
> 
> John

John, you're a genius! That is exactly what I should have been doing. 
Thank you very much. All works just fine now.


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