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Google Geocoding API
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Your URL must look like this:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Merchandise%20Mart,Chicago,IL&sensor=false


Remember that any spaces or punctuation must be "encoded":

URI.encode("Hello there")     # => "Hello%20there"


Forecast API
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https://api.forecast.io/forecast/APIKEY/LATITUDE,LONGITUDE

Jeff's API key: 73caa31d569071a7ef1621e4bc146456

Example: For the Merchandise Mart,
LATITUDE is 41.8885694
LONGITUDE is -87.63552779999999

So the full url would be:

https://api.forecast.io/forecast/73caa31d569071a7ef1621e4bc146456/41.8885694,-87.63552779999999

More info: https://developer.forecast.io/docs/v2


Airport Status API
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http://services.faa.gov/docs/services/airport/

Check out the map at http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp