Jack Turner and Adam Grossman, two web developers from Troy, New York, say they have invented a mobile app that makes remarkably precise short-term weather forecasts. Using radar data and your phone's GPS, it promises to tell you the exact minute it will begin raining or snowing your location, and how long it will last.
There's a catch, however: The app, called Dark Sky, only works over a short period of time – up to about an hour in the future.
The data comes from the same government radar every prediction site/app uses. The difference is the algorithms used. Dark Sky models between the radar snapshots and makes lots of assumptions, which in turn make it helpful but not foolproof. The app is expected on iOS in spring with an Android version perhaps to follow. Funding for the app was from Kickstarter (aka crowdsourced funding!)
- CNN
by Adena Schutzberg on 12/21 at 03:47 AM |
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Esri wants you to know that the company's Live Severe Weather Map "allows you to view continuously updated U.S. tornado reports, wind storm reports, weather warnings, and precipitation. The map also pulls in social media pertaining to severe weather events."
by Nora Parker on 05/25 at 05:11 AM |
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Google announced new datasets including demographics, parcels, traffic counts in its for fee Google Earth Pro this month. Why? What market is the company looking capture? Are those data enough? And, do they belong in Google Earth Pro? Our editors explore the new additions.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 06/29 at 01:00 AM |
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In this special “vacation” edition of the podcast, our editors turn their attention to a piece of geospatial technology they both use: the Garmin Forerunner “GPS watch.” There’s quite a bit of disagreement about what’s expected of the device and what’s wanted in future versions.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 09/08 at 01:00 AM |
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Many announcements related to location-based services came out of the CTIA show last week, including winners of the NAVTEQ LBS Challenge. Were any truly game changing? Our editors look at the current state of LBS and what may be ahead.
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