This is awesome and very fast especially given all the data displayed!
Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map
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Re: Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map
#32Similar: http://zero.hypatia.earth (no vectors/but WebGPU)
Re: Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map
#33Similar sites: https://www.ventusky.com https://www.windy.com/ https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather
https://zoom.earth/ another great one.
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#34Cool idea, but this took about 15 seconds to load for me and then lagged very hard, especially while zooming. So I wasn't able to use it very much before getting frustrated enough to exit the page.
Daamn, was smooth as butter on my M2 Macbook
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#35I love how you can scob the timeline and the weather updates as you move it, in real time.
It's the biggest thing I don't like about Windy, it's so slow/laggy when changing the timeline. (Maybe it's better if you live in the US, but here in NZ, it's pain)
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#36Very cool concept and worked really well
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#37Cool idea, but this took about 15 seconds to load for me and then lagged very hard, especially while zooming. So I wasn't able to use it very much before getting frustrated enough to exit the page.
Hmm, it was smooth on my relatively ancient Pixel 3 (running LineageOS 22.2) on Brave browser
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#38Can someone explain how wind can spiral in to a point? Where does the air "go"? Or does this create a higher pressure?
If it’s showing surface winds, it goes up. On windy.com there’s an altitude slider that lets you choose which wind level you’re looking at. Haven’t found that yet here.
Oh thanks that altitude slider is very interesting. Makes me want to see a 3d visualization.
Re: Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map
#39Xweather Live is an ad-free vector weather map built to showcase our weather APIs. It's a fun app with lots of data layers and features. Feedback welcome!
Out of curiosity, how long did this take to write and what AI stack did you use?
All of the data, including the AI endpoints (Phrase API - https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api), and mapping tools were built using our weather API and MapsGL SDKs. I don't know the exact number of hours but its been worked on for about a year. You could spin up a really basic mapping site like this using the SDKs in a matter of hours.
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#40Sorry if this sounds harsh but this looks similar to commercial weather services in terms of the types of layers. How does this actually work? Did you manage to track down their other services’ providers and negotiate access?
It's a fair question. There's a lot of free sources of data out there. This app is powered by our own Weather API: https://www.xweather.com/weather-api
The data is aggregated from global meteorological offices and other sources (some free, some paid). Some of the datasets are proprietary to us. For example, the lightning layers come from our own lightning detection network, and certain forecasts (like hail) are developed in-house.
This app was built to showcase our data. The vector mapping tools are also available via API. https://www.xweather.com/mapsgl