PressureNET
Initial release8 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-08)[1]
Stable release
3.0 / 31 January 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-31)
Written inJava
Operating systemAndroid
LicenseGNU General Public License[2]
Websitehttp://www.pressurenet.io/

PressureNET was a crowd-sourced reporting network for barometric pressure data.

It worked by having many users install it on cell phones having air pressure sensors (barometers) and GPS sensors. Once the location was known from the GPS data, it was able to send messages back to the server with the air pressure for that location on Earth. With enough users running the application it was possible to create useful, global pressure data. It used open source software running on Android phones, to collect data from locations around the world. The data was available on a public website.[3][4][5][6] [7]

With the announcement in September 2014 that the first apple device with a barometer (iPhone 6) was to be released, work started on an edition of the app for that platform [8] The Sunshine app beta testing began to get some publicity in 2015.[9][10]

The Android App website still exists, and the app source code is still available on GitHub; [11] [12] however, as of January 2016 there is no support for the Android app, and the iOS app is not free open source software as the PressureNet app was. [13] PressureNet was acquired by Sunshine in early 2016.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Announcing pressureNET". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ "pressureNET Repository at GitHub". GitHub. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. ^ Gohring, Nancy (1 February 2013). "App Feeds Scientists Atmospheric Data from Thousands of Smartphones". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ^ Kar, Saroj (3 December 2012). "PressureNET: Android Open CrowdSourced Weather Network". SiliconANGLE. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ Gohring, Nancy (8 January 2013). "Android app could help scientists predict the weather". Wired.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  6. ^ Beeler, Carolyn (8 January 2013). "Sandy silver lining: Storm helped app developers inch closer to 'nowcasting' weather". NewsWorks. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Смартфоны помогут прогнозировать погоду" [Smartphones help predict the weather]. "Вести" интернет-газета". 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Squarespace - Claim This Domain". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. ^ "How's the Weather There? Crowdsourcing App Promises Better Forecasts". Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. ^ "This app wants to revolutionize the way you think about weather". Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  11. ^ "PressureNet.io". Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  12. ^ "PressureNet at Google Play". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  13. ^ "PressureNet is joining Sunshine". Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "M&A roundup - week ending 2/6/16". 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

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