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Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#51
post #45

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It is not any longer, the last update on github was made 3 years ago. Now Cameron works is not publishing new features on github.

Which features does the website have that are not in the repo?

eg WebGL support which was added last year in November

Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#52

Confusing how the wind is animated, nothing else is; for example, the temp, precipitation, etc.

> Confusing how the wind is animated, nothing else is; for example, the temp, precipitation, etc.

There is a play button in the bottom left to animated the currently selected heat map over time.

Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#54
post #53

This "cyclone bomb" is terrifying https://www.ventusky.com/?p=49.1;-27.3;3&l=pressure&t=201702... Is it even possible?

I would guess it's a standard propagating structure. For other readers: winds at 80km/h rotating with a diameter of ~2000km. Pressure drops at 935hpa in the center

edit: at 10m above the ground. at higher altitudes, it's quite faster and with a different shape

Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#56
post #7

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My default was celsius. Firefox, language de

Connected from Ireland, Firefox in English, default was °F Possibly the locale detection is limited/imperfect, with °F as a fallback.

You can see the available locales in the setting panel.

Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#58
post #52

Confusing how the wind is animated, nothing else is; for example, the temp, precipitation, etc.

> Confusing how the wind is animated, nothing else is; for example, the temp, precipitation, etc. There is a play button in the bottom left to animated the currently selected heat map over time.

On mobile? If so, I'm not seeing it. Checked the settings too.

Re: Ventusky – Weather data visualization

#59
post #13
post #7

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My default was celsius. Firefox, language de

Also Celsius for me, seems likely to be region/locale based (as it should be, I'd say).

Call me weird, but I hate when a program or service uses regions or locales to determine stuff like temperatures or languages.

First of all, it often does it wrong - especially when using geographical location, which is one of the dumbest idea I've seen in computing. GPS fails when people are traveling (just because I'm in Germany right now, doesn't mean I want to see websites in German, etc.). GeoIP fails for various reasons, including VPNs and weird ISP shenanigans.

Second of all, as a person fluent in English, I especially don't want to see a translation of your originally English site. Most software and website translations suck hard. My most common gripe: using the same word in translated language for things named by different words in original, or vice versa.

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