Difference between revisions of "CSC111 Final Exam 2010"
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===Accessing the Data=== | ===Accessing the Data=== | ||
| − | * The main address for the data is that of the Met-Office site: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ | + | * The main address for the data is that of the Met-Office site: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ |
| − | * A file name is associated with each city or town. For example, '''Aberporth''' is associated with '''aberporthdata.txt''', and the record of the weather data for '''Aberporth''' is stored at URL http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/aberporthdata.txt | + | * Note: in case the metoffice.gov.uk were to go down during the exam period, the data has been replicated at http://cs.smith.edu/~111c/climate/uk/stationdata/, and you can use this Url instead. The data files are the same at both places. |
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| + | * A file name is associated with each city or town. For example, the city of '''Aberporth''' is associated with '''aberporthdata.txt''', and the record of the weather data for '''Aberporth''' is stored at URL http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/aberporthdata.txt | ||
* The list of all the town names and their associated file names is given to you below. | * The list of all the town names and their associated file names is given to you below. | ||
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'suttonboningtondata.txt'), ('Tiree', 'tireedata.txt'), ('Valley', 'valleydata.txt'), ('Waddington', 'waddingtondata.txt'), ('Whitby', | 'suttonboningtondata.txt'), ('Tiree', 'tireedata.txt'), ('Valley', 'valleydata.txt'), ('Waddington', 'waddingtondata.txt'), ('Whitby', | ||
'whitbydata.txt'), ('Wick Airport', 'wickairportdata.txt'), ('Yeovilton', 'yeoviltondata.txt') ] | 'whitbydata.txt'), ('Wick Airport', 'wickairportdata.txt'), ('Yeovilton', 'yeoviltondata.txt') ] | ||
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| + | ===Format of the data=== | ||
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| + | * the format of the data is explained at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/, a copy of which is available [[media:www_metoffice_gov_uk.pdf| here]]. | ||
</onlydft> | </onlydft> | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 28 April 2010
