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Meteostone.com - Weather From the People
Does this situation sound familiar—you're watching the evening news, specifically the local weather forecast, and the lovely, perky, weather girl says it's going to be all sun and shine all week; so the following day you wear flipflops and a skirt only to be drenched by an unexpected rain shower.
Unfortunately, weather forecasts aren't exactly reliable, and they don't always tell you what you really want to know, like whether you should wear shades or not.
Meteostone has been developed as a weather system from the people. This map mashup collects data from people all around the world about the actual weather and shows it on their map. About every hour the info is analyzed and reported for all zoom levels of the map. Joining is free, and the interface is simple; users can input comments and basic weather data—no barometric pressure readings or precise temperatures are needed. Additionally, users can input other significant data about things such as rainbows, polar lights and natural disasters.
Meteostone.com In their own words
"MeteoStone is an experimental project for people to collect and share meteorological data about weather all over the world. Everything on MeteoStone, all data and all content is provided by users.
You can use this site as
• Source of actual weather data
• Source of local user's information, such as comments, about weather
• Source of information about weather disaster
• Source of data for personal local weather forecasts
• Landing service for communication about weather
• Something else? May be dating service? :)
But, more serious, we are planning to make weather service, where people can work with weather information as well as communicate about it."Why Meteostone.com might be a killer
This site gives you the actual weather, as experienced by real people. It gives you the kind of forecast you wish your local weather team could. The interface is easy enough to use and it provides a platform for users to discuss, complain, marvel, etc., about all things weather related.
Some questions about Meteostone.com
Will the site add professional weather forecasts as well? What about mobile integration so users can send in quick texts or even photos of weather conditions?
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