wraggster
June 22nd, 2015, 16:43
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/a7180d51d429fcb81b1439d804609ef2/202172081/dark-sky-web-iphone.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/21/dark-sky-crowdsources-barometric-data/)
Your iPhone gives you weather forecasts right from the get-go, but it's now ready to shape those forecasts as well. Dark Sky has given its iOS app (https://itunes.apple.com/app/dark-sky-weather-radar-hyperlocal/id517329357?mt=8) a bigoverhaul (http://blog.forecast.io/dark-sky-5/) that, if you like, uses the barometer on your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review/) to contribute pressure readings. The hope is that these will dramatically improve short-term forecasts in the future -- you'll know that it's about to rain because iPhones nearby gave you a heads-up. There have been apps that crowdsourced pressure data (https://gigaom.com/2014/10/09/weathersignal-starts-tracking-pressure-on-ios-using-the-iphone-6s-barometer/) before, but rarely with the intent to directly improve forecasts -- and not on the scale of Dark Sky, one of iOS' best-known weather tools.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/21/dark-sky-crowdsources-barometric-data/
Your iPhone gives you weather forecasts right from the get-go, but it's now ready to shape those forecasts as well. Dark Sky has given its iOS app (https://itunes.apple.com/app/dark-sky-weather-radar-hyperlocal/id517329357?mt=8) a bigoverhaul (http://blog.forecast.io/dark-sky-5/) that, if you like, uses the barometer on your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review/) to contribute pressure readings. The hope is that these will dramatically improve short-term forecasts in the future -- you'll know that it's about to rain because iPhones nearby gave you a heads-up. There have been apps that crowdsourced pressure data (https://gigaom.com/2014/10/09/weathersignal-starts-tracking-pressure-on-ios-using-the-iphone-6s-barometer/) before, but rarely with the intent to directly improve forecasts -- and not on the scale of Dark Sky, one of iOS' best-known weather tools.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/21/dark-sky-crowdsources-barometric-data/