by Steve Gifford | Dec 21, 2022 | Data
Did you hear there’s a possible Bomb Cyclone in much of the lower 48 this week? If you follow the weather, ‘bomb cyclone’ is an arresting term for a very cold winter storm. We can let the meteorologists have this. As always, I’m curious how these events look in our...
by Steve Gifford | Dec 8, 2022 | Data, Terrier
In the U.S., we have the NEXRAD system, which spits out an incredible amount of radar data at various levels of detail. If you want the latest and greatest, you can pull individual messages out, which is a blast. Alternatively, you can look at the mosaic radar...
by Steve Gifford | Nov 14, 2022 | Data
Venture Capitalists love a monopoly. They look for data moats around your product. What is it that you do that would be hard to duplicate? Companies have been doing this forever in the weather space: custom sensors, custom data processing, difficult algorithms, and...
by Steve Gifford | Oct 27, 2022 | MapLibre
At Wet Dog Weather, we are committed to working with Stamen Design to update MapLibre Native’s Metal support on iOS as long as the corporate money flows. That isn’t very clear, so like a beetle in a log, let’s Break It Down. Buckle up because...
by Steve Gifford | Oct 13, 2022 | Data, Terrier
Here’s something we like to do: We keep data in its coordinate system at its cadence and combine it all on the client for display. The Challenge of Coordinate System Diversity You can see it if you look off the coast of California. It starts with RTMA (measured...
