Real-Time Lightning Map

http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime

by leonvonblut • 11 years ago

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fenomas• 11 years ago

It took me an unpleasantly long time to figure out that this is a map of lighTning, as in the weather phenomena. Not lighting maps for rendering.

artursapek• 11 years ago

Where does this pull real-time lightning data from?

Gys4• 11 years ago

'Lightning data by Blitzortung.org and contributors • Blitzortung.org is a free community project'

The data is collected by volunteers who have a certain device at home which is connected to the internet. Its doing this for several years now I think.

nightbrawler• 11 years ago

This is awesome! I live down the road from "The Lightning Field" art installation ... Will be cool to see how accurate this is for our remote area

http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/lightningfield

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Field

Gys4• 11 years ago

I looked at blitzortung.org once because I was interested in detecting lighting while being on a boat. Especially to know the distance (the direction can be seen).

But a device can only measure the moment of discharge. Only in combination with other devices a position of the lightning can be established.

Maybe somebody wants to have a go at this. Because there are a lot of very expensive boats out there. Especially the ones with carbon masts...

toomuchtodo2• 11 years ago

The data is small enough you could receive the stream over Inmarsat or Iridium. And before you rebutt cost, I know exactly how much those carbon mast boats cost.

Gys4• 11 years ago

The other devices (preferably more then one) should be on other boats to be effective out on the oceans. So there is bit of a chicken en egg problem: not very useful if you are the only user.

It would be a project to discuss with a big freight company. One that has already many boats out there anyway. Maybe to get it started and financed.

mhb2• 11 years ago

Is there a way to show where detectors are located? Otherwise how to know if there is no lightning in an area or no detectors?

thexa4• 11 years ago

If you click the "Stations: off" button it shows participating stations. Stations that measured the lightning strike are indicated in purple for a short moment.

mhb2• 11 years ago

Ah. Thanks. It was hard to see those little dots.

Real-Time Lightning Map

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