[api.met.no] New API products

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Dear API users,

we will shortly launching some new products, mainly of interest for 
Norwegian users. As described earlier, some obsolete products will also 
be removed.

textforecast 2.0
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We have started the process of cleaning up the old text forecasts, with 
a new XML format (which can be validated), more consistent data 
structure and clearly defined areas. All of new forecasts share the same 
format and schema, including:

- landoverview
- coast_en, coast_no
- seabank_en, seabank_no, seabank_wmo
- seahigh_en, seahigh_no, seahigh_wmo

To aid in transition from textlocation, all areas are now identified 
with an id, which can be used to look up the corresponding geographical 
coordinate polygon. These files can be downloaded from the /areas 
endpoint, but we hope eventually to be able to include them directly in 
the forecast.

textforecast 1.6
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We have removed the "land" product (use "landoverview in 2.0) as well as 
"seaoslofjord" (use "coast_no" and "seabank_no" in 2.0). In addition the 
XML is now generated statically on the backend instead of dynamically in 
the API. There may be some minor differences in the output, but it 
should be trivial and not cause problems if coded according to our 
documentation.

airqualityforecast
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For some time we have been working on air quality forecasts in 
cooperation with several other public services. This is expected to go 
out of beta soon.

routeforecast 1.0
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This is a new image service for aviation, primarily offshore helicopter 
flights.

textlocation 1.0
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This product will expire March 15th. Please use the "landoverview" 
product in textforecast along with the area files.

errornotifications 1.0
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This service hasn't delivered any data for months and will expire on 
March 15th.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Regards,

Geir Aalberg
API developer