Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

#1

Post by bsradcliffe » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

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Post by aurizon » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 6:14 PM UTC

Is the weather data supplied as open source, with a requirement that any products that uses it must be similarly open??? A lot of this data comes from NASA. If this is the case, any map maker with a fee basis might not want to give their work product away with that sort of strings on it??

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

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Post by compressedgas » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 6:20 PM UTC

aurizon wrote: post #2

Is the weather data supplied as open source, with a requirement that any products that uses it must be similarly open??? A lot of this data comes from NASA. If this is the case, any map maker with a fee basis might not want to give their work product away with that sort of strings on it??

Not NASA, NOAA.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

#4

Post by mtmail » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 6:22 PM UTC

Apple acquired darksky weather app last year so they have a weather backend

https://www.theapplepost.com/2020/04/01/apple-acquires-popul...

https://maps.darksky.net/@temperature,2021-2-13,18,-32.328,1...

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

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Post by bsradcliffe » Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:52 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #4

Apple acquired darksky weather app last year so they have a weather backend https://www.theapplepost.com/2020/04/01/apple-acquires-popul... https://maps.darksky.net/@temperature,2021-2-13,18,-32.328,1...

Yes, and while I love that this happened, I'm also curious if they're actually working to integrate it into Maps, or simply make Weather more accurate of an app.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

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Post by stephenr » Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 5:01 AM UTC

I’m not sure what you mean specifically but if you zoom to a reasonably small area in Apple Maps it does show the current weather conditions for that area, in the bottom right corner.

Re: Ask HN: Why hasn't Waze, Google Maps, or Apple Maps integrated weather overlays?

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Post by aurizon » Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 2:02 PM UTC

compressedgas wrote: post #3

aurizon wrote: post #2

Is the weather data supplied as open source, with a requirement that any products that uses it must be similarly open??? A lot of this data comes from NASA. If this is the case, any map maker with a fee basis might not want to give their work product away with that sort of strings on it??

Not NASA, NOAA.

Thanks, I was not sure of that