[CAP] geocode tag

[Bob Bunge]

Jack,

This old CAP implementation by NOAA is not that far off from being 
replaced by a much better tested, richer and more mature CAP feed.  I 
suspect several on this list may warn that using the original NOAA feeds 
  may not be the best examples to code by.

Bob Bunge
NOAA/NWS/OCIO

Jack wrote:
> Dear CAP developers,
> 
> I am new to CAP and I am trying to write my first CAP application.  I want
> to process the NOAA CAP feed for California (
> http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ca.cap).
> 
> According to the CAP specification, cap:geocode should appear in a key/value
> pair such as:
> <cap:geocode>fips6=006023</cap:geocode>
> 
> but the NOAA feeds has only value:
> <cap:geocode>006023</cap:geocode>
> 
> Does anyone know what causes this discrepancy?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> Jack
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