public static List <NOAAStation> GetNOAAStationsList()
{
List <NOAAStation> stationsList = new List <NOAAStation>();
string stations = GetNOAAStationString(NOAA_STATION_SOURCE_URL);
//credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1508217
var lines = Regex.Split(stations, "\r\n|\r|\n");
foreach (string line in lines)
{
if (line.Length == 83)
{
NOAAStation sta = NOAAStation.ParseStationLine(line);
if (sta.ICAO.Length == 4)
{
if (!stationsList.Contains(sta))
{
stationsList.Add(sta);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"check this value: {sta}");
}
}
}
}
return(stationsList);
}
public static NOAAStation ParseStationLine(string line)
{
string output = "";
string cd = line.Substring(0, 3).Trim();
output += $"cd:{cd}|";
string station = line.Substring(3, 17).Trim();
output += $"station:{station}|";
string icao = line.Substring(20, 6).Trim();
output += $"icao:{icao}|";
string iata = line.Substring(24, 6).Trim();
output += $"iata:{iata}|";
string synop = line.Substring(32, 7).Trim();
output += $"synop:{synop}|";
string lat = line.Substring(38, 8).Trim();
output += $"lat:{lat}|";
string lon = line.Substring(46, 8).Trim();
output += $"lon:{lon}|";
string elevation = line.Substring(54, 5).Trim();
output += $"elevation:{elevation}|";
// Console.WriteLine($"{output}");
// if(icao.Length == 0){
// icao = iata;
// }
NOAAStation sta = new NOAAStation {
StateAbbreviation = cd,
StationName = station,
ICAO = icao,
IATA = iata,
SynopticNumber = synop,
Latitude = lat,
Longitude = lon,
Elevation = elevation,
};
return(sta);
}