by Steve Gifford | May 1, 2024 | Other
In my professional journey, I’ve worked in several fields, from tools for military simulation to supporting mobile applications for general aviation. During those varied experiences, I liked applications with a clear purpose that users needed and depended on. I...
by Steve Gifford | Apr 23, 2024 | Data
Open source is integral to meteorology, particularly for data processing. There are free packages to read everything from GRIB to Nexrad messages, and even up-and-coming formats like Zarr focus on open source. We can credit NOAA for that open attitude in large part....
by Steve Gifford | Apr 17, 2024 | Other
Ah, spring, when a young startup’s idle thoughts turn to…. hiring their first direct salesperson. We are considering hiring a salesperson in the next year or so. If the right person finds us, we could do it sooner. Wet Dog What? We’re a...
by Steve Gifford | Apr 8, 2024 | Data
At Wet Dog Weather, our data management consists of primarily moving data around, particularly weather data. We get new data sets every few minutes or hours and process them for rapid display. Once you have all that weather data neatly organized and easily accessible,...
by Steve Gifford | Apr 2, 2024 | Boxer
We do weather data visualization—fast, interactive, and beautiful visualization. Terrier does the front-end work on the web or mobile, and Boxer does the cloud processing to make it all work. However, today, we are offering a new product: BoxerSDK. Using Boxer+Terrier...