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 Message 1550 
 Vincent Jacobs to All 
 AI-WX Weather Door 
 10 Jan 26 19:47:28 
 
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  Re: AI-WX Weather Door
  By: Vincent Jacobs to All on Fri Jan 02 2026 05:09 am

 > Greetings folks,
 >
 > I've released version 2.1 of the AI-WX Weather Door and it's available on my
 > BBS at firesidebbs.com:23231 or on the website at firesidebbs.com. This
 > version has support for a new tile mapping API (rainbow.ai) that enables
 > highly accurate weather radar using industry standard tile mapping.
 >
 > NOTE: The previous radar API (rainviewer) has been sunsetted and is no
 > longer functional. You will need to visit the new API's website and obtain a
 > free API key at https://developer.rainbow.ai/signup. After obtaining your

It appears the previous rainviewer API is still providing data for the
endpoints that AI-WX utilizes, so there is no need to switch to the rainbow.ai
API. Although the rainbow.ai API is superior in my opinion, either one will
provide the needed data to display the ANSI and/or Sixel animated radar within
the door.

Vince
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