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jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995 Posts: 1460 Location: Maui
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: A new wind map |
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Wait for it... Wait for it...
http://hint.fm/wind/
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manuel
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Pretty cool! Now I'm dizzy. |
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swchandler
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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One of the big downsides to technology is being on the wrong side of it. My current system yields nothing of value. A total black screen of the continental US offers what? |
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DanWeiss
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA
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outcast
Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724
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jse
Joined: 17 Apr 1995 Posts: 1460 Location: Maui
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:24 am Post subject: |
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swchandler wrote: | One of the big downsides to technology is being on the wrong side of it. My current system yields nothing of value. A total black screen of the continental US offers what? |
I got that at first, maybe try a different browser?
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manuel
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:35 am Post subject: |
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outcast wrote: | It's trippy and pretty, but I don't know what it means
I'm more interested in local flow....once i saw a program that could model surface winds over local topography |
Did you zoom in? I thought I could see quite a bit from it.
I'm used to the intellicast one which is a little easier to read but doesn't refresh often enough.
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outcast
Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 2724
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:52 am Post subject: |
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I did zoom it....made it worse....Seems like it "Airbrushes" in alot of data points that really don't exist.....for my area, I know where all the sensors are, and the lines on this model WAY exceed the number of sensors.
Please don't get me wrong....I really like the thing, and would love it as a streaming HD big screen on my wall, but the trees around my house are probably more accurate or easier to understand.....I'm just not going to check it before I go......
Maybe I'm too much with the science end....and not artsy enough....go to their homepage....i think they are planting a GoogleChrome bomb or something
http://hint.fm/about/
Have you seen this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7009056027/
(Just as cool....probably their same software) _________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=zw0MgkO7VXw |
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DanWeiss
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Zooming appears only to pixilate the land mass yet overlays the same apparent detail. Not sure what that means to accuracy, but simply could mean a less than ideal graphic engine that underlays the wind flow stream engine. _________________ Support Your Sport. Join US Windsurfing!
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outcast
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