Windy forgets last location and zoom level
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I use Windy Premium in Chrome on my desktop iMac to see the wind forecast for the very specific area where I paddle outrigger canoe. I always set the pin on exactly the same spot as near as I can manage, and the zoom level where I can see a specific wide area around it.
Every time I open Windy it puts the pin at a spot about 7 to 10 miles away from where I had it, always the same spot.
In addition to this, Windy used to remember my zoom level, but a short while ago it quit remembering my preferred zoom level and always sets it much farther out.
None of this is a really big deal and I shouldn't really complain, but it's a small nuisance, and I'm wondering if there's a way to tell Windy to remember my exact last location and zoom level. I've tried setting a "Favorite" but that doesn't help.
Or maybe a future revision of the software could remember the exact parameters of the last used position and zoom level? I presume these are stored in a cookie on my computer, so it should be possible?
Thanks for any insights.
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@Daniel-Schechter Hi there, you can adjust this default settings at the bottom of the settings in our app. Did you check that? It is possible to set the default location to the Last used one and it remembers the zoom level as well.
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Thanks. I checked. And it is set to Use Last Location. It sort of does this, but is always in the same spot about 6 or 7 miles away from the actual spot I use. It does remember my start-up layer correctly as Wind, but it does not remember my zoom level. It used to always remember the zoom level. -- Again, this is not a big deal, but is a minor nuisance.
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@Daniel-Schechter Hi, we released the update yesterday and some changes around this feature were done. Can you please check that once again? I tested the feature and the zoom level and last location works okay.
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I checked it just now. It still starts up three zoom levels out from where I last used it, and the pin is some 6 or 7 miles from where I always put it. (Using Google Earth to measure the distance.)
FWIW I'm using the Windy website on Chrome (which I keep updated to the latest version) on my iMac running MaxOS 14.6.1.
And FWIW, I always use the NAM model, but it always defaults to the ECMWF model every time I launch it. The NAM model gives the best resolution, which I need because I paddle outrigger canoes in Ma'alaea Bay in South Maui, and the longer-resolution models don't account for the mountains as well as the shorter resolution.
As always, these are very minor issues.
Daniel
