An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map of global temperature

Re:An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map... by deletes on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @05:29PM (#6292804)

This is pretty impressive, i wonder what the update interval and source is.

http://www.mapbox.com/labs/forecast/temperature/ I really like the interface, even the zoom buttons could be removed or hidden as you can scrool-zoom.

Make the temperature in Celsius please!

EDIT: There seem to be a problem with the algorithms, the largest zoom displays colder temperatures( look at the temperature map ).

Largest zoom,

http://i.imgur.com/GVt3iSy.jpg

Normal zoom, picture was resized by me

http://i.imgur.com/t1GgrOM.jpg

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Re:An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map... by thegrossman on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @05:52PM (#6292938)

The color palette adjusts based on the zoom level in order to improve contrast. Roughly a bazillion people pointed out that it's "broken", so I guess that was a dumb call on my part!

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Re:An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map... by greendestiny on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @06:42PM (#6293155)

The legend doesn't update properly, so it really is broken.

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Re:An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map... by Arelius on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @09:09PM (#6293671)

Shouldn't it adjust based on the extremes (Or standard deviation) within the zoom area? In that case there would always be some purple, and should fix at least the specific problem the parent showed.

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Re:An attempt to create the highest resolution real-time map... by dfritsch on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @05:43PM (#6292901)

I was also impressed but concur that there seems to be significant loss when zoomed out. I'm not sure how they sample for the larger scales, but it seems very inaccurate.

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