Downloading files from AEMET FTP server with Java and Apache Commons Net
06 March, 2011
- 8 min read
Some time ago the AEMET, the Spanish government meteorological agency, release many of its data publicly: weather radar, weather stations, lightnings, ... The way they do is simple and effective: public the contents on a FTP server and update on regular intervals of time. Talking with a colleague we decide to create (on our very few free time) a simple web page that allows people to see the current values of the weather stations. A map of Spain with some dots representing weather stations and…