Providing weather data for a location using weather data stored for a finite number of locations

A method of providing weather data to a user comprising:

• providing a user interface comprising a map graphic for the user to identify a location;
• associating three-dimensional location coordinate information with a user identified location, wherein the three-dimensional location coordinate information comprises a longitude value, a latitude value, and an elevation value;
• sending a request for weather data comprising the three-dimensional location coordinate information, wherein the weather data comprises at least one of observed and derived data associated with recent weather conditions;
• receiving weather data for the three-dimensional location coordinate information, wherein the weather data is determined using the three-dimensional location coordinate information associated with the user identified location to select at least one location for which weather data is stored from amongst a plurality of locations for which weather data is stored, wherein the plurality of locations are each identified by three-dimensional coordinates having a respective longitude value, a respective latitude value, and a respective elevation value;
• comparing the plurality of locations to the three-dimensional location coordinate information of the request to select the at least one location for which weather data is stored, wherein greater significance is attributed to differences in elevation value than to differences in longitude value and latitude value during the comparison;
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• providing the weather data to the user.

A method of producing a video with near production time weather data comprising:

• receiving an indication of a location specified by three-dimensional location coordinate information, wherein the three-dimensional location coordinate information comprises a longitude value, a latitude value, and an elevation value;
• creating a segment associated with the three-dimensional location coordinate information;
• producing the video by combining captured video images, the segment, and weather data associated with the segment, wherein, while the video images are being captured by a video camera, the weather data is retrieved from a database of weather data using the three-dimensional location coordinate information associated with the segment, wherein the weather data comprises at least one of observed and derived data associated with recent weather conditions;
• retrieving the weather data by comparing the three-dimensional location coordinate information with longitude, latitude, and elevation values of at least one location for which weather data is stored in the database;
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• comparing the three-dimensional location coordination information with the longitude, the latitude and the elevation values of the at least one location to retrieve the weather data, wherein greater significance is attributed to differences in elevation value than to differences in longitude value and latitude value during the comparison.

A method of producing a video with near production time weather data comprising:

• creating a segment associated with three-dimensional location coordinate information, wherein the three-dimensional location coordinate information comprises a longitude value, a latitude value, and an elevation value;
• producing the video by combining captured video images, the segment, and weather data associated with the segment, wherein the weather data is retrieved:
• (a) in response to a user action;
• (b) from a database of weather data for a plurality of locations for which weather data is stored after being retrieved from one of at least two different source weather data systems;
• and (c) using the three-dimensional location coordinate information associated with the segment, wherein the weather data comprises at least one of observed and derived data associated with recent weather conditions;
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• retrieving the weather data by comparing the three-dimensional location coordinate information with longitude, latitude, and elevation values of at least one location for which weather data is stored in the
• database, wherein greater significance is attributed to differences in elevation value than to differences in longitude value and latitude value during the comparison.