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    Error in mapping German webcam to Somalian locations

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      BodoI @Korina last edited by

      @korina
      Hi Korina
      Windy is such a great resource :-) I am happy to be able to provide useful feedback.
      Regards
      Bodo
      PS. during COVID-19 lockdown here in Australia I have shared Windy with other housebound colleagues and friends. The displays, including the webcams are such a nice way to "dream and escape" whilst otherwise confined.

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        BodoI last edited by

        Hi Korina
        I checked again today. There are still a lot of snowy webcams in the Somalia area. I have attached two examples taken today at 5.45UTC
        Actually there are quite a few more "Autobahn" webcam pics along the Indian Ocean shores of Somalia. Please check this yourself. These are near Dharinbaar.
        I don't know what is happening here.
        Regards
        Bodo

        Snow in Somalia 13th Jan.JPG
        Snow in Somalia 13th Jan 2.JPG

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          Korina Administrator @BodoI last edited by

          @bodoi I have fixed those as well.

          Korina

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            BodoI last edited by

            Hi Korina
            Sorry for this third email correspondence on the same topic. But there are still problems with German webcam's mapping to Somalia and the coast of Somalia
            I have attached an image from today as I look at windy on an almost daily basis
            Regards
            Bodo
            PS. I will not add to this post in future as I do not want to be a "pain". I hope you and other windy administrators will keep an eye on these "rogue" webcam sites.

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              BodoI last edited by

              Snow in Somalia 14th Jan.JPG

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                Korina Administrator @BodoI last edited by

                @bodoi Thank you. We will check the source itself and correct all of them at once.

                Korina

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                  BodoI last edited by

                  Thanks Korina
                  Regards
                  Bodo

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                    GBano @BodoI last edited by

                    @bodoi It seems this is a wider problem.
                    Here is one that looks more like a mediterranean seaside town than one in Arabia https://on.windy.com/617pt
                    And here is snow in Jemen: https://on.windy.com/617q5

                    I just created a recent topic on mis-placed webcams.
                    Many of them are Angelcams but not all (https://community.windy.com/topic/18980/incorrect-webcam-locations)

                    Could it be that someone is trying to spam Windy with incorrect webcams?

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                      Korina Administrator @GBano last edited by

                      @gbano said in Error in mapping German webcam to Somalian locations:

                      https://on.windy.com/617pt

                      Hello, thank you for letting us know. Could you include these webcams in the main post? No one is spamming us, it is caused by a mistake in our import.

                      Korina

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                        GBano @Korina last edited by

                        @korina No problem.
                        I can add any incorrectly located webcam to my main post about it (as you can see there is a list already).
                        Thanks for clarifying this. I really thought this was someone trying to guerilla-promote his own cams.

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