Weather block based on IP???

[globalreman]

I am looking for a code that puts a users city specific weather in a block. I have a block with code that shows the user their IP address. If we can show a user their IP address, can we post the weather in a block based on their IP address?  Or, can we use their zip code from their profile to have a custom weather block (so they don't have to type in their zip code). Please let me know if this can be done,  Thanks -Aaron

[Zetan]

I would have a search on Google and see if there are any such scripts.
I've not seen any that do what you want.. but then, I've not really looked into weather blocks.

[Crip]

I do believe smf has a few (mods) you can use for such things as that   ?

[stigmartyr]

The one weather mod I could find @ SMF under the keyword weather, looks pretty lame.  Better if it was a block, and pulled infoz based on IP..

Easy for the mini profile to become too busy and crowded with junk.

[Ianedres]

My experience with attempting to provide weather with IPs is that you have to use a third-party geolocation database that generalizes the area based on providers. It required a subscription to use the geolocation services I had found, and wasn't a practical expense for such a block on my site.

I would think it would be better to use a custom profile field to store a member's ZIP code, and extract the weather from there. Not the perfect solution...

[stigmartyr]

The Weather BLock snippet (in another thread) - works rather well, but they're not pulling the forecast data that is already in the xml.  If it just had a link to pop open more details that would be awesome.

For a site who's members rely alot on weather it would be very nice indeed