I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
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I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
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Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#2(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps)
I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful.
Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more granularity between wind layers, or derived estimations of data between wind layers.
When putting any flight systems in the atmosphere, having visualizations (even estimates) of wind direction and speed estimations at more altitude levels is more valuable than visualizing more particles more efficiently, IMO.
I wish similar thought and processing power was put towards smoothing out guesses at wind speeds at different altitudes.
Tl;dr: I wish this demo map had an altitude slider, even if it was smoothed out guestimates between available data layers.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#3(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
Thanks for the insights. While on this topic, some what, is there a satellite imagery service available that can give images of a location at a requested/variable time of the year? I wanted to see what a particular location looked liked during winter but could only find clearer photos taken during spring/fall months.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#4(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
Thanks for the insights. While on this topic, some what, is there a satellite imagery service available that can give images of a location at a requested/variable time of the year? I wanted to see what a particular location looked liked during winter but could only find clearer photos taken during spring/fall months. I’d love if bing/google earth had a timeline/seasonal type slider.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#5This is the reason I got more serious about programming. This is really awesome.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#6(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
Thanks for the insights. While on this topic, some what, is there a satellite imagery service available that can give images of a location at a requested/variable time of the year? I wanted to see what a particular location looked liked during winter but could only find clearer photos taken during spring/fall months. I’d love if bing/google earth had a timeline/seasonal type slider.
Possibly something that urthecast.com could do.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#7(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
I briefly looked into this, and from what I remember these were all always based on the "satellite" based wind models which were interpolations of predictions at a very low resolution based on infrared. Winds aloft, as I'm sure you know, are often measured by radiosondes, but the subtle thing being that these samplings only make it into aeronautical forecasts, and at least in the US, stay US only, and don't bubble up to global summaries. These global data sets are not granular at all, and wouldn't provide the detail at different elevations. I wish such a data set was available... perhaps with the global satellite based ADS-B someone could do some kind of sampling based on live flight data, but I'm sure it would be a private (and costly) dataset.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#8(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
I briefly looked into this, and from what I remember these were all always based on the "satellite" based wind models which were interpolations of predictions at a very low resolution based on infrared. Winds aloft, as I'm sure you know, are often measured by radiosondes, but the subtle thing being that these samplings only make it into aeronautical forecasts, and at least in the US, stay US only, and don't bubble up…
It would be really useful for glider pilots.
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#9(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
Thanks for the insights. While on this topic, some what, is there a satellite imagery service available that can give images of a location at a requested/variable time of the year? I wanted to see what a particular location looked liked during winter but could only find clearer photos taken during spring/fall months. I’d love if bing/google earth had a timeline/seasonal type slider.
Planet.com will do this for $$
Re: I built a wind map with WebGL (2017)
#10(This is a bit off-topic from the subject of the article about particular methodology of rendering data as opposed to usage of these kind of wind maps) I worked on X’s project loon in operations for a spell. We were interacting with balloons in flight regularly. The referenced nullschool wind map was unendingly useful. Something I always wanted for using nullschool or other similar publicly available “tools” was more…
Thanks for the insights. While on this topic, some what, is there a satellite imagery service available that can give images of a location at a requested/variable time of the year? I wanted to see what a particular location looked liked during winter but could only find clearer photos taken during spring/fall months. I’d love if bing/google earth had a timeline/seasonal type slider.
Look at ESA's Sentinel 2. It has a 5-6 day revisit time and the data will always be free. It's 10m resolution which may or may not be good enough.
Google Earth Engine is designed exaclty for this (and has other satellites too).