Scott wrote:

David Salmon wrote:
I have just read the Senate bill at;
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/.../~c109Wu4LQQ::

And at no point does it restrict access to NWS data.

What is does do, is curtail the from continuing to encroach on what had long
been the arena for private meteorologist in the U.S., with more and more of
their value-added products. As a creator of value added products,
I must support such a measure to stem the out-going tide of my income.

If I read the fine print correctly, it will also stop universities from
posting value added products too (at least I hope that is what it says).

David Salmon
doing business as "Weather Derivatives";
deriving useful information for sound business decisions from
weather data.

I believe the output on that site is dynamic, thus your
link will not point anywhere. But if you go to thomas.loc.gov
and enter National Weather Service as keywords, the bill
pops up.

Speaking as someone who works at a university that puts out
value-added products (GOES cloud winds, for example), but
who does not speak for that university, I'm not sure how
curtailing our data stream would help anyone.

Scott

I think you know, Scott. If universities are not allowed to do it,
maybe someone will pay a private company to do it, which helps the
private company. Whether this helps society as a whole or is good
for the profession is questionable, IMO.

Cheers,
Russell
--
All too often the study of data requires care.