Comments on: Incredible art made with open-source weather data http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MandoZink http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1387752 MandoZink Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1387752 No kidding. Today, once again, ALL of the apparent air moving on this map is in the OPPOSITE direction of the weather in this area. It is a really cool map, but the creator might think to reverse direction. No kidding. Today, once again, ALL of the apparent air moving on this map is in the OPPOSITE direction of the weather in this area. It is a really cool map, but the creator might think to reverse direction.

]]> By: MandoZink http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385968 MandoZink Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385968 I have had this on my computer for over a week here in Louisville. We had several storms pass through this week. I always follow storms on radar, but this map has been showing the wind as if it is moving in the opposite direction as the actual wind - every time. Does anyone think this is showing the air moving backwards? I have had this on my computer for over a week here in Louisville. We had several storms pass through this week. I always follow storms on radar, but this map has been showing the wind as if it is moving in the opposite direction as the actual wind – every time. Does anyone think this is showing the air moving backwards?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385478 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385478 Please. Don't encourage Homeland Security to start looking for terrorist air currents. Please. Don’t encourage Homeland Security to start looking for terrorist air currents.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385462 penguinchris Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385462 If you know where the mountains are, you can see the effect. Or, if you can recognize how mountains would affect wind patterns, you can see where the mountains are :)  I agree that the option to plot other stuff on the map would be great though. If you know where the mountains are, you can see the effect. Or, if you can recognize how mountains would affect wind patterns, you can see where the mountains are :) 

I agree that the option to plot other stuff on the map would be great though.

]]> By: MonkeyBoy http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385463 MonkeyBoy Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385463 I fascinatedly watched this a few days ago when linked at <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/03/see-where-the-us-wind-blows.html?" rel="nofollow">at New Scientist</a>. It really needs to include Canada. At that time there was large northern movements of air west of the Great Lakes and large southern movement to the east. I presume the wind looped around in Canada but it would have made much more sense if I could have seen the loop. I fascinatedly watched this a few days ago when linked at at New Scientist.

It really needs to include Canada. At that time there was large northern movements of air west of the Great Lakes and large southern movement to the east.

I presume the wind looped around in Canada but it would have made much more sense if I could have seen the loop.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385376 Guest Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385376 SWEET. SWEET.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385361 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385361 Maggie have you seen this one? Some really incredible visions of ocean currents ala Van Gogh. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/nasa-presents-mesmerizing-visualization-of-earths-ocean-curre-0  Maggie have you seen this one? Some really incredible visions of ocean currents ala Van Gogh.

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/nasa-presents-mesmerizing-visualization-of-earths-ocean-curre-0 

]]> By: nothingsmonstered http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385250 nothingsmonstered Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385250 <a href="http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/05253/569133-84.stm" rel="nofollow">Rick Santorum tried to outlaw this.</a> To pay back a campaign contributor, Accuweather, he wrote a bill that would make it illegal for the National Weather Service to give data to the public. Rick Santorum tried to outlaw this. To pay back a campaign contributor, Accuweather, he wrote a bill that would make it illegal for the National Weather Service to give data to the public.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385144 Incipient Madness Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385144 Wow, Chicago really is the windy city. I can also see why Roscoe, TX was such a good place for a wind farm. And it looks like the old joke about Minnesota being so windy because the Dakotas blow while Wisconsin sucks is based in fact.  Wow, Chicago really is the windy city. I can also see why Roscoe, TX was such a good place for a wind farm. And it looks like the old joke about Minnesota being so windy because the Dakotas blow while Wisconsin sucks is based in fact. 

]]> By: Douglas http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385138 Douglas Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385138 I'd love to see this map overlaid with topography to represent the mountains effect on wind I’d love to see this map overlaid with topography to represent the mountains effect on wind

]]> By: Simon Bradshaw http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385127 Simon Bradshaw Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385127 Also, a lovely illustration of the common real-world example of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem#Cyclone_consequences" rel="nofollow">Hairy Ball Theorem</a>. Also, a lovely illustration of the common real-world example of the Hairy Ball Theorem.

]]> By: zarray http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385111 zarray Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385111 There's like a whirlwind at 35.00,-105.19 There’s like a whirlwind at 35.00,-105.19

]]> By: Blinde Schildpad http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385092 Blinde Schildpad Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385092 Up. Up.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385090 Brainspore Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385090 Apparently built by some Google folks so that makes sense. (Their corporate headquarters is based in Mountain View but that's closer to S.J. than S.F.) Apparently built by some Google folks so that makes sense. (Their corporate headquarters is based in Mountain View but that’s closer to S.J. than S.F.)

]]> By: David Faler http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385089 David Faler Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385089 Where does all the wind go?  I see wind moving from every direction to a spot just SW of Sioux Falls, and no wind moving away from there (12:00 4/2). Where does all the wind go?  I see wind moving from every direction to a spot just SW of Sioux Falls, and no wind moving away from there (12:00 4/2).

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385088 wrybread Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385088 I was thinking the same thing. I'm guessing the map is some pre-existing widget though, since it allows zooming (go to the project page and right-click the map), and has a lot of city names when zoomed in close. For example, around San Francisco it shows both Hayward and Fremont... That said, I definitely have something against San Jose. I was thinking the same thing. I’m guessing the map is some pre-existing widget though, since it allows zooming (go to the project page and right-click the map), and has a lot of city names when zoomed in close. For example, around San Francisco it shows both Hayward and Fremont…

That said, I definitely have something against San Jose.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385087 Teller Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385087 Thx everyone for killing my Wookiee take. Thx everyone for killing my Wookiee take.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385083 Brainspore Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385083  You say "heartland," I say "cowlick."  You say “heartland,” I say “cowlick.”

]]> By: Ethan Taliesin Houser http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385078 Ethan Taliesin Houser Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385078 Plush! Plush!

]]> By: Wolf Ilandl Butler http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385070 Wolf Ilandl Butler Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385070 I've been watching this with some fascination over the last few days. I can't get over the fact that it looks like the US has grown hair though... I’ve been watching this with some fascination over the last few days. I can’t get over the fact that it looks like the US has grown hair though…

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html#comment-1385066 Brainspore Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152466#comment-1385066 You can tell that techies are responsible for the above image… most people outside of Silicon Valley would use San Francisco as a reference point on a map of the U.S. rather than San Jose. (Note: I have nothing against San Jose.) You can tell that techies are responsible for the above image… most people outside of Silicon Valley would use San Francisco as a reference point on a map of the U.S. rather than San Jose.

(Note: I have nothing against San Jose.)

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