[Ncep.list.nos-nowcoast-status] NOAA nowCOAST Status Message - New Version Implemented
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NOAA nowCOAST Status Message
9:00 AM EDT Thu May 4, 2017
Effective as of late yesterday, May 3, 2017 NOAA's nowCOAST (
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov) provides users with access to NOAA/NESDIS's
Global Mosaic of Geostationary Satellite Imagery (GMGSI) and GOES shortwave
infrared imagery via nowCOAST's time-enabled web mapping services. The new
imagery is available on nowCOAST's map services via two protocols:
GeoServices Representational State Transfer (REST) map services and
Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) compliant Web Map Services (WMS).
To properly reflect the addition of GMGSI to nowCOAST, the name
of the nowCOAST map service has changed from
sat_meteo_imagery_goes_time to sat_meteo_imagery_time. Users of
the existing map service need to update their applications to use
the new URL. The specific changes users need to
make depend on the type of protocol or endpoints used.
Users of REST Map Service Endpoints please use the following:
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/sat_mete
o_imagery_time/MapServer
An HTTP Redirect will be implemented to reduce the immediate
impact of the changes to certain users of REST map service
endpoints; however, the change is expected to break client
applications that do not support HTTP Redirect usage. All users
are encouraged to switch to the new map service endpoint as soon
as possible following implementation. Users will be able to
continue using their existing layer identifiers to access the
GOES visible, water vapor, and longwave infrared imagery, but
will need to make further modifications to their applications if
they wish to display the new GOES shortwave infrared or GMGSI
imagery layers.
Users of WMS Endpoints please use the following:
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/sat_meteo_ima
gery_time/MapServer/WMSServer
This change will cause disruption of service to any client
applications still connecting to the discontinued WMS endpoint. Users of
WMS endpoints need to update their applications according to the updated
capabilities Extensible Markup Language (XML) file obtained via a
GetCapabilities request to continue displaying GOES imagery or
to add the new imagery if desired.
Additional information for users of WMS and REST map service
endpoint will be found at
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/help/#!section=wms-layer-ids
and
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/help/#!section=rest-layers-ids
respectively.
Detailed Information about the new nowCOAST map service can be
found at
https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nowcoast/sat_meteo_imagery_time/MapServer
The GMGSI includes visible, shortwave infrared, and longwave
infrared imagery. The addition of the GMGSI will provide, for
the first time on nowCOAST, weather satellite coverage for U.S.
territories west of Hawaii. In addition, a mosaic of shortwave
infrared imagery from GOES WEST and EAST will also now be
available. The shortwave infrared imagery provides additional
cloud information as well as fog detection at night. The GMGSI
has a spatial resolution of 8 km and is composed of imagery from
U.S. GOES, Meteosat-10, and Himawari-8 weather satellites. GMGSI will
be updated approximately every 3 hours in the nowCOAST map service and the
mosaic of GOES West and East shortwave infrared imagery will be updated
every 30 minutes to ensure the latest imagery are available to users as
soon as it becomes available from NESDIS. Additional information about
the NESDIS GMGSI can be found at
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/imagery/
nowCOAST provides coastal intelligence on present and future
environmental conditions for coastal and maritime users by
integrating data and information from across NOAA and other
federal and state agencies. nowCOAST was developed by
NOAA/National Ocean Service’s Coast Survey Development
Laboratory, and is hosted on NOAA’s Integrated Dissemination
Program (IDP) infrastructure where it is monitored 24 x 7 by
NWS/NCEP Central Operations.
John Kelley
nowCOAST Project Manager
NOAA/NOS/CSDL/CMMB
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