@trib @warkolm Would either of you be interested in testing out a HACS package for ingesting CAP-au (Common Alerting Protocol) feeds published by emergency management authorities, to generate alerts for any events nearby a designated location? (1/2)
#HomeAssistant #Emergency #EmergencyAlerts #CommonAlertingProtocol #Australia

@trib @warkolm Just finished the first part - which is working ingest, markdown cards to render if any and make usable for alerts (being able to calculate polygons from the feed, then work out if part of a polygon lands within or is within range of the designated location).

Currently thinking about how hard it would be to package this all up, likely to install via HACS - especially as it depends on:
- python scripts,
- a specific integration to get and parse the feeds
(2/2)

@twcau @warkolm side note: are we talking data generally available to responders like Firemapper, or more public data like that which Hazards Near Me (and other state equivalents) uses. Also, what are the Bushfire.io folk consuming, because that's useful stuff, too.

@trib @warkolm I hope the readme.md on this repo will answer that question :)

https://github.com/twcau/CAP-au-for-home-assistant

The big problem is that too many emergency response agencies aren't all using a standard feed method.

Whilst the CAP-au specification seems to be the gold and national standard, there's still a lot of plain RSS out there - some not even including a lat/long.

I may investigate the possibility of consuming geoJSON, which a wider range agencies also seem to be publishing in.

@twcau @trib that link 404s, is the repo still private?