by Steve Gifford | May 1, 2025 | Boxer
Since we got Boxer up and running a few years ago, we’ve steadily added data sets. Most of these are proprietary, but we have several new Boxer weather data layers available in our public datasets. Let’s examine some notable additions that have recently...
by Steve Gifford | Apr 16, 2025 | Terrier
With Terrier, we support weather data display on the web and mobile devices. Weather data is inherently spatial, so we need a map to accompany it. OpenLayers integration provides the perfect solution for combining powerful mapping capabilities with our weather...
by Steve Gifford | Apr 3, 2025 | Greyhound
We’re announcing a sleek, simple version of our gorgeous weather display technology called Greyhound. Sometimes, you just want a straightforward weather display solution that shows radar, temperature, wind, or another standard variable. For example, users may...
by Steve Gifford | Mar 20, 2025 | Data
I’m an outsider in most of the fields I’ve worked in. Long ago, my first job out of college was building terrain database software for military training, but I wasn’t a tank commander. Later, I got into flight simulation, but I’m not a pilot....
by Steve Gifford | Mar 13, 2025 | Data
The other day, I participated in a discussion on open-source adoption and was surprised by some opinions. One really stood out: Some technologists think their companies are still deciding on open source. This is an argument from the early 2000s, perhaps even the late...