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Submission + - Barometers in iPhones: Crowdsourcing weather forecasts 1

Submitted by cryptoz on Monday October 20, 2014 @10:47AM

cryptoz writes: Apple is now adding barometers to its mobile devices: both new iPhones have valuable atmospheric pressure sensors being used for HealthKit (step counting). Since many Android devices have been carrying barometers for years, scientists like Cliff Mass have been using the sensor data to improve weather forecasts. Open source data collection projects like PressureNet on Android automatically collect and send the atmospheric sensor data to researchers.

Submission + - pressureNET 2.1 released: The Distributed Barometer Network for Android (cumulonimbus.ca)

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cryptoz

on Thursday November 29, 2012 @11:49AM

cryptoz writes: "Cumulonimbus has released a new version of their open source, global barometer network. The network is built around an Android app called pressureNET which uses barometric sensors in new phones (such as the Nexus 4, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S3, Note, and others) in order to build the comprehensive network. They plan to use the data to improve short-term weather prediction, and the gives a teaser of the new data visualization tool they are building."

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