MetEye help

  1. Getting started
  2. First steps
  3. Find your location
    1. Zoom and move around
    2. Find a location
    3. Click anywhere
  4. Change what you see
    1. Latest weather
    2. Forecasts
    3. Overlay other layers
    4. Location markers and background layers
  5. Browse forward in time
  6. Animate and loop
  7. Accessibility
  8. Legends
  9. Enlarge the map
  10. Latitude/Longitude display and map scale
  11. Time zone
  12. Other links and metadata

Find your location

Zoom in or out and move around the map

Changing your view within MetEye's main map is simple.

If there is not enough detail on the map area for your needs or if you want to look at another place, you can zoom in or out on the map, pan left, right, up or down or go straight to a location, by one (or more) of these methods:

  1. If you want to zoom directly to your current location, press the Find me button. You must then agree to share your location (not available in Internet Explorer 8.0 or below);

    Example showing where the Find me button is located
  2. or type a location or postcode or coordinates in the entry box at the top (see further detail below if needed) and press Locate;
  3. or use the mouse wheel, or double click while positioned over the map;
  4. or zoom and move with the controls on the map (+, - or arrows);
    • To zoom in, click [+].
    • To zoom out, click [-].

      The zoom controls on the map

    Tip: You can use the shift key and draw a box with the mouse to zoom to a particular area of interest.

    Note: If you zoom in too far you can return to the full map extent by clicking on the "Zoom to Australia" button above the zoom in/out buttons.

For options i and ii, MetEye will zoom directly to the chosen location and centre the map on that location. A tabular forecast will pop up in the window automatically, which shows the official Bureau of Meteorology forecast for that location. The temperature and rainfall forecast information is shown (out to 7 days) immediately.

Example of 7-day forecast popup when you click on the map

For wind direction, wind speed and temperature, click on the Detail buttons for each day, which will appear below.

Example of detailed information for each day in the popup

Tip: You can click-hold-drag the mouse in any direction to move around the map.

Tip: You may also want to add extra map layers, found at the bottom of the screen, to better orient yourself and to help you locate your place of interest. See Section 4c for instructions.

Note: You are able to save one or more favourite locations for the next time you visit. Your personalised location markers are saved on your local computer within a specific browser as a "browser cookie". The ability to save a local cookie is dependent on your browser settings.