Crowdsourcing Pushes Ski Resorts to Report Snow Cover Accurately
NPR reported last night about paper from two Dartmouth professors that highlighted, among other things, that ski areas exaggerate snow levels, especially on the weekend. They compared reports from ski areas and government weather data.
An iPhone app for skiers and snowboarders designed to share real time information on snow conditions was released during the study. It basically has forced ski areas to be more accurate.. Once the app came out, those exaggerations dropped, most significantly in ski areas with good AT&T.
by Adena Schutzberg on 01/05 at 06:00 AM |
Comments |
