Weather Pics

A presentation of an iPhone weather application concept called Weather Pics (working title)

By Roy Vink

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Weather Pics

Why this app?

Does the sun shine tomorrow? Is it really going to rain this afternoon?

Everyday millions of people consult weather news and / or rain radars. This give us much information, but they are not visually appealing.

This application makes the weather news visual!

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How does the application work?

The iPhone users do the work. Using the photo and gpsfunction of the iPhone, their weather photos will be placed as layer on the weather map and / or rain radar.

Visuals of the local weather, shown in real-time!

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iPhone users can make weather pics of clouds, snow, rain, sunsets etc.

Location of picture known through iPhone

gps function

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Function 1The picture application

Presentation of an iPhone weather application concept called Weather Pics (working title) . By Roy Vink. .August 16th 2009. This presentation is for use of Meteoconsult only.

Photo taken by someone else, on other location

around the same time.

Search application based on date and time (see

Starwalk app)

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Worldwide overview of weather photographs linked to the weather

maps, radar or satellite images

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Function 2Weather pics on radar

Presentation of an iPhone weather application concept called Weather Pics (working title) . By Roy Vink. .August 16th 2009. This presentation is for use of Meteoconsult only.

Photo will be automatically shown on

weather maps. Also possibilities for 3D visualisation (using compassfunction)

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Function 2Optional: Link with websites (or other

iPhone apps)

Presentation of an iPhone weather application concept called Weather Pics (working title) . By Roy Vink. .August 16th 2009. This presentation is for use of Meteoconsult only.

All weather and cloud photos are automatically

uploaded in a Flickr database

Search option through existing functionality in

Flickr

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Through Flickr possibility of election of the finest

weather photo etc.

Function 3A picture search

function

Presentation of an iPhone weather application concept called Weather Pics (working title) . By Roy Vink. .August 16th 2009. This presentation is for use of Meteoconsult only.

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End of presentation

By Roy Vink

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