Data for layers (tiled)?

[rkbrown04]

I am working on an iPhone app and often have used the HEMS desktop application at work.  I am a HEMS pilot and the data is great when you are at the office.  But often I am away from my computer and need the same information.  I have started working on programming an iPhone application that will simulate the HEMS application.  Is there a way to get the data in a layered/tiled format that already has interpolated the weather from the different agencies so that I could display that layer on top of the iPhone map?  

[Arnaud Dumont]

Unfortunately, we don't have a tiled image service, like Web Map Service (WMS) for any of our datasets. Yet.

The FAA's NextGen Network Enabled Weather (NNEW) program has been funding NCAR to develop the weather data distribution infrastructure to support the Next Generation Air Transportation System. As part of that team, we've developed a Web Coverage Service (WCS) to disseminate gridded data, a Web Feature Service (WFS) to disseminate point data, and will likely develop a WMS as well. The WCS service is already live and stable. We are planning to provide access to it with full documentation on the ADDS website this year. The WFS is less mature, so it may not be exposed this year. The WMS development timeline is more uncertain.

As these services become mature, we plan to provide access through ADDS. For now, though, we can't provide you with a map server.

-Arnaud

[rkbrown04]

Thanks for your response.  Since there is no map server can you give me a sense of how the layers were done in the HEMS desktop app for category?  Is it possible that I might get info or samples of code for how it was done to interpolate and scale the colors for each weather category between reporting stations.  For instance if one airport is Category VFR and another nearby is IFR is how is it determined how to shade colors between the two stations.  And when it goes to how to do it between one station and the ten surrounding stations it gets very complex quickly.   Any help here would be greatly appreciated.