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Alby96andClaude Opus 5 3fcbb9f1c4 Add monorepo scaffolding and project documentation
Sets up the Nuvolari monorepo layout (app/, backend/, docs/, tool/) with the
groundwork that does not depend on the Flutter toolchain: gitignore covering
Flutter, Python and every secret file shape; env.example.json as the template
for --dart-define-from-file; a verification script that skips stages whose
target does not exist yet so it is runnable from day one; and a CI workflow in
GitHub Actions syntax so it runs unchanged on Gitea or GitHub.

The documentation records facts verified against the live services rather than
restated from the brief. Two of them change the design:

- DPC VMI rasters are 1200x1400 Float32 on a 1 km grid in a custom projection
  centred on Italy, not EPSG:4326 or EPSG:3857, and their GeoKeys are
  internally inconsistent. Reprojection is mandatory and the source CRS must be
  read from each file rather than hardcoded.
- The ARPA CAP feed carries six level values, not four: BIANCO for the
  avalanche scale out of season and "-" for no data. Collapsing either into
  VERDE would report "no alert" where the bulletin reports "not assessed".

Also documents why the frames we publish inherit CC BY-SA from the DPC source,
and why rain notifications subscribe to cell topics from the device so no user
location ever reaches a server.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-10 10:50:40 +02:00

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Roadmap

Each milestone ends with tool/verify.ps1 green and one commit. A milestone is not done until its acceptance criteria hold.

Legend: done · 🔨 in progress · blocked on credentials from the project owner


M0 — Toolchain and repository hygiene 🔨

Flutter 3.47.3 stable, Android SDK (platform-tools, platform 36, build-tools 36.0.0), JDK 21, environment variables. Commit the removal of the old Xamarin skeleton.

Accepts when: flutter doctor -v reports no blocking Android toolchain error and git status is clean.

M1 — Scaffold, Italian l10n, region config, CI

flutter create with applicationId it.nuvolari.app; flutter_localizations + intl with app_it.arb as template and no hardcoded UI strings; RegionConfig loaded from assets/regions/piemonte.json with parsing tests; .gitignore, env.example.json, tool/verify.ps1, .gitea/workflows/ci.yml.

Accepts when: flutter analyze reports 0 issues, flutter test passes, flutter build appbundle --debug succeeds.

The Gitea instance may have no Actions runner. The workflow file is written to be GitHub-Actions compatible, but tool/verify.ps1 is the verification that must pass.

M2 — Map, attribution, Sources screen

MapLibre with the style from MAP_STYLE_URL, falling back to a local minimal style. Permanent OSM/ODbL attribution. Sources / Licenses / Disclaimer screen covering Radar-DPC (CC BY-SA), MET Norway, ARPA, OSM, with the explicit "not an official app" disclaimer.

Accepts when: the map opens centred on Piedmont, attribution is visible at all times, and the Sources screen is reachable and complete.

M3 — Animation and timeline

RadarSource with MockRadarSource (synthetic frames in assets) and DpcRadarSource. Timeline scrubber, play/pause, adjacent-frame prefetch, FrameCache LRU, animation suspended in background, graceful degradation with a data-age banner.

Accepts when: animation runs smoothly in demo mode with the network off, and prefetch, LRU eviction and the fallback paths are covered by tests.

M4 — Forecast

MetNoForecastSource with the mandatory identifying User-Agent, honouring Expires and If-Modified-Since. IconIt2Source as a flagged fallback. Hourly and daily views.

Accepts when: a forecast renders for a Piedmont location, caching respects the response headers, and fixture-based tests pass.

UMP consent form before any ad request; non-personalised ads when consent is declined. Anchored adaptive banner — never over the map, never an interstitial during animation. Test ad unit IDs only until real ones are supplied.

Blocked on: AdMob App ID and ad unit IDs.

M6 — Rain notifications and alerts

ArpaCapAlertSource reading the CAP feed through the backend; zones Piem-APiem-M with levels shown verbatim and a link to the official bulletin. Rain notifications via FCM topics per geographic cell, subscribed from the device.

Blocked on: Firebase project and google-services.json.

M7 — Android home widget

Glance widget showing the latest frame and the next rain, refreshed by WorkManager.

Accepts when: the widget renders a real frame on the home screen and updates.

M8 — Backend worker

dpc_client (with the origin header), crop (bbox + reproject to EPSG:3857), palette (dBZ colormap, legend exported into the manifest), render (RGBA PNG, transparent below threshold), manifest, and publisher/ with LocalPublisher and S3Publisher. WebSocket trigger with cron fallback. pysteps nowcast present but disabled behind a flag.

Accepts when: python -m pytest passes and one full run produces PNGs plus a manifest.json that the app consumes from a local server.

Blocked on (publishing only): VPS / object storage endpoint and credentials. Development proceeds against LocalPublisher.

M9 — Play Store release preparation

Signing config reading key.properties, release AAB, target API 36, privacy policy draft, store listing copy, Data safety draft, prominent disclosure for location.

Blocked on: upload keystore and Play Console account.


Pending inputs from the project owner

Needed for Item
M2 (quality) MapTiler API key — until then the local fallback style is used
M5 AdMob App ID and ad unit IDs
M6 Firebase project and google-services.json
M8 VPS / object storage endpoint and credentials
M9 Play Console account and upload keystore