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Add url of maps to bom component documentation (home-assistant#1039)
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The `bom` platform allows you to get the current weather conditions from the [Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)](http://www.bom.gov.au/) Australia.
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- Each sensor will be given the `device_id` of "bom [optionalname] friendlyname units"
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- Get the station ID for your local BOM station from the BOM website: State -> Observations -> Latest Observations -> Choose the station
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- The URL will look like http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS60801/IDS60801.94675.shtml. This is for Adelaide. The URL is read as: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/[zone_id]/[zone_id].[wmo_id].shtml
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- A name is optional but if multiple BOM weather stations are used a name will be required.
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- The sensor will update every minute 35 minutes after last data timestamp. This allows for the 30 minute observation cycle and the approximate 5 minute update delay in publishing the data.
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To get the station ID `[zone_id]` and `[wmo_id]` for your local BOM station:
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- Find your station on these maps:
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- NSW: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/observations/map.shtml
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- QLD: http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/observations/map.shtml
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- VIC: http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/map.shtml
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- WA: http://www.bom.gov.au/wa/observations/map.shtml
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- SA: http://www.bom.gov.au/sa/observations/map.shtml
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- TAS: http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/observations/map.shtml
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- ACT: http://www.bom.gov.au/act/observations/canberramap.shtml
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- NT: http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/observations/map.shtml
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- alternatively, from the [BOM website](http://www.bom.gov.au/), navigate to State -> Observations -> Latest Observations -> Choose the station.
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- The URL will look like: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/[zone_id]/[zone_id].[wmo_id].shtml
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- For Adelaide, the URL will look like http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS60801/IDS60801.94675.shtml.
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To add the BOM weather observation to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml

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