https://www.npmjs.com/package/windy-plugin-regadata : shows the tracks of the boats sailing the Vendée Globe based on the data I publish here : https://vg2020.regadata.com/vg2020/

(this actually based on the example "boat tracker" plugin listed in the official windy-plugins repo, and the original data seems to be itself based on my the previous version of regadata I published 4 years ago : http://vg2016.regadata.org/en/doc/json :) )

Hi @justinlimbo ,

I have just published v1.2.0 with quite some changes : it now shows a sidebar on the left with the current ranking and check boxes for each boat, allowing you to select which route you want to display. (because of a bug i'm still fighting against, I had to disable the "uncheck" option, so once a route is selected you cannot hide it unless you refresh the page and the plugin.

@idefix37 you are right!
I spoke with him on the phone short after submitting my last message. He contacted me so we could integrate the routing his team has been working on. As you spotted, they are using the API and did not know how to turn it into a plugin. So we will "join forces" to make the routing bit available to everybody. We'll see if the race org starts using it.
Also https://www.facebook.com/marineweatherandstrategy/posts/3958519977516189

@ivo Yoann Richomme, an offshore skipper, publishes new weather analysis every Monday, and he uses the plugin while explaining the situations :

@ivo yesterday it made it to the weather forecast of one of the national tv channel! :D
https://www.france.tv/france-2/meteo-2/2079877-emission-du-mercredi-25-novembre-2020.html

@idefix37 can you try again with the latest version please?

Hi @ivo

thanks! :)
I have asked them on several occasions but never got an answer.
But to be honnest, I don't think they would complain : they use the plugin on their live videos now to present where the boats are! :)

@Ghini I have asked both teams over twitter, no answer yet; but I know from someone working with Gitana, that they are not willing to share their track : they want people to use their official tracker. :/

@jmh2002

I've uploaded the image here to Windy too, because Imgur wasn't being very cooperative.

ok thanks, by "here" you mean in this forum? :)

I've also shared it (and credited you) on https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/vendee-2020-a-242208-6.html#post3274599 where there is a Vendee thread and discussion.

cool! I'll go and check it out.

I just have one question, how often should the tracker update? I'm still seeing a 'report date' of 0900 on 14 Nov 2020.

This is because of the date formatting in javascript, I'll try to improve that. But it is correct : 0900 = 21h "the britsh way" :)

@idefix37

It seems necessary to load your plugin from npm each time we open Windy. Is there a way to install it definitively?

That is why I posted the message in this thread, I belive @ivo is the one who can update the list of "validated plugins". Btw @ivo I'm not sure how to get the screenshot uploaded to img.windy.com

Great!
But I still believe this is sort of a "bug" from the Windy plugin loader, don't you think @marekd ?

@rdretcanu I have contaccted both teams but no answer so far. I was told that Gitana is not willing to share their data.

@marekd said in route planner going crazy between hawaii and marshall islands:

leaflet antimeridian bug.

Hi @marekd , I am facing this very same issue with the "Vendée Globe Tracker". I have found several solutions, but none seems very easy nor clean to implement. Just in case, has there been any progress on your side concerning this?

thanks!

hi @fogmachine,

thanks for the hint. I was proposed the same solution by the routing provider, but I haven't had the time to work on it just yet. I'll do this ASAP, it will affect the boats markers/lines & routing tracks starting tomorrow I believe.

@fogmachine thanks for helping it out this! :)
I'll have a look into it over the weekend, but you are correct the timezone seems to be incorrect and depends on your browser's setting. I do not think not allowing to share your location causes the bug though.

Hi @justinlimbo ,

I have just published v1.2.0 with quite some changes : it now shows a sidebar on the left with the current ranking and check boxes for each boat, allowing you to select which route you want to display. (because of a bug i'm still fighting against, I had to disable the "uncheck" option, so once a route is selected you cannot hide it unless you refresh the page and the plugin.

Hello, a small issue that other users have probably noted : the routing track is not updated at same time as the boat position.

Yes, and unfortunately I cannot do much about it. I will try to get the "routing based on report date XXX" together so we can better explain the issue. Note that I have added the report date in the infobox on the bottom-left.

The 2 black points on the routing track are the predicted position at 12h, 24h lapse time?

the routing are for the next ~73h, and the dots are added every ~24h (mouse hover the dot and it will show). I couldn't find a better way to show that info (so far). Any suggestion? :)

@idefix37 ah ok, why is that?

Hi @idefix37

Well spotted, I should have announced it here too (only did it over twitter this morning).
Yes : new version available with 3 days routing predictions loaded when you open the info popup of a boat.
This is provided by squid and is based on the GFS model (I need to check if we can preselect "GFS" instead of "ECMWF" :))

@ivo yesterday it made it to the weather forecast of one of the national tv channel! :D
https://www.france.tv/france-2/meteo-2/2079877-emission-du-mercredi-25-novembre-2020.html

@Elysian-Captain sorry, as mentioned before, the teams don't want to share their data

@rdretcanu I have contaccted both teams but no answer so far. I was told that Gitana is not willing to share their data.