by Steve Gifford | May 15, 2024 | Boxer, Data, Terrier
At Wet Dog Weather, our main task is weather data visualization. Our weather map tiles are fast! The whole process is easy, and it looks amazing. We combine a ton of data on the fly in our Terrier for Web SDK. That’s the best way to get the most out of Boxer and...
by Steve Gifford | May 8, 2024 | Data, MapLibre, Terrier
We do some pretty advanced data visualization for weather data. Our Terrier is interactive, low latency, and very pretty. There are many moving parts to that, but we’ll let you in on one of our secrets: Our map toolkit integrations use other peoples’ map...
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 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 | Mar 26, 2024 | Data, MapLibre, Terrier
Terrier’s web version, our front-end display toolkit, has a lot going on—data transfer, reprojection, resampling, and WebGL data shaders, to name some—but using it is pretty straightforward. Getting Started with Terrier: Weather Mapping Basics Here’s how...
by Steve Gifford | Jan 31, 2024 | Data
We consider ourselves data omnivores at Wet Dog Weather. We will import time series weather data and model feeds wherever and whenever possible. To that end, we are proud to add the Zeus.ai integration of the LENS-Cast model to our mix. The Future of Weather...
