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Xweather Live is an ad-free vector weather map built to showcase our weather APIs. It's a fun app with lots of data layers and features. Feedback welcome!

mmaunder 7mo ago
Thanks. Mainly commenting to bookmark this for an aviation project I’m working on. Let me know if there’s anything that differentiates you - particularly for aviation. Thanks.
- unstyledcontent 7mo ago
  Awesome! Our data, like wind, is for ground level applications (we don't have data for higher altitudes). But we do have proprietary lightning data which may be of interest to you. If you go to the top left corner and change the focus from "General Focus" to "Severe" you will see a new collection of layer options related to severe weather. There you can see actual lightning strike data, as well as lightning forecast areas. Most airports use our lightning data!
  - mmaunder 7mo ago
    Thanks!
wing-_-nuts 7mo ago
Very cool site! Would you know of any similar maps that explore climate zones or micro climates?
- unstyledcontent 7mo ago
  Thanks. There are quite a few cool projects out there. Someone just shared a link to a collection of free weather maps: https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps
  - mlfreeman 7mo ago
    > In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps I have four stations uploading there - looking forward to see the result!
thefourthchime 7mo ago
Out of curiosity, how long did this take to write and what AI stack did you use?
- unstyledcontent 7mo ago
  All of the data, including the AI endpoints (Phrase API - https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api), and mapping tools were built using our weather API and MapsGL SDKs. I don't know the exact number of hours but its been worked on for about a year. You could spin up a really basic mapping site like this using the SDKs in a matter of hours.

mmaunder 7mo ago

Thanks. Mainly commenting to bookmark this for an aviation project I’m working on. Let me know if there’s anything that differentiates you - particularly for aviation. Thanks.

unstyledcontent 7mo ago
Awesome! Our data, like wind, is for ground level applications (we don't have data for higher altitudes). But we do have proprietary lightning data which may be of interest to you. If you go to the top left corner and change the focus from "General Focus" to "Severe" you will see a new collection of layer options related to severe weather. There you can see actual lightning strike data, as well as lightning forecast areas. Most airports use our lightning data!
- mmaunder 7mo ago
  Thanks!

wing-_-nuts 7mo ago

Very cool site! Would you know of any similar maps that explore climate zones or micro climates?

unstyledcontent 7mo ago
Thanks. There are quite a few cool projects out there. Someone just shared a link to a collection of free weather maps: https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps
- mlfreeman 7mo ago
  > In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps I have four stations uploading there - looking forward to see the result!

thefourthchime 7mo ago

Out of curiosity, how long did this take to write and what AI stack did you use?

unstyledcontent 7mo ago
All of the data, including the AI endpoints (Phrase API - https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api), and mapping tools were built using our weather API and MapsGL SDKs. I don't know the exact number of hours but its been worked on for about a year. You could spin up a really basic mapping site like this using the SDKs in a matter of hours.