NOAA Hi-Def Radar
By GeoTerrestrial, Inc
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Description
Simple yet powerful app for viewing real-time animated weather radar images in vivid color on a highly responsive interactive map, with higher resolution images than any other radar app in the appstore. Jaggies begone!
Plus this is the only app that allows *you* to control the loop speed, and also choose the interval between individual frames from 5 minutes all the way to 30 minutes.
Plus this is the only app that automatically augments land-based radar images with latest images from NOAA satellites covering the Atlantic/Pacific oceans into one single screen. This lets you track and follow the upcoming hurricanes and storms all from the same map.
Plus get weather forecast, severe weather warning boxes, and snowfall on the same screen!
Plus easily bookmark multiple locations so you can do a quick radar + forecast check for all your important places in just a few seconds.
✓ Install and go, no complex setup
✓ Sharp images even on retina displays (when zoomed upto a certain point)
✓ Fast Loading
✓ Near real-time, shows the latest radar images within minutes of being gathered.
✓ Check the current weather + forecast for any point on the map
✓ Severe weather warning boxes on the map
✓ Bookmark multiple locations for quick access
✓ Intuitive Play/pause/manual modes for moving between frames.
✓ Always shows both time-stamp and "minutes ago" with each frame to prevent any confusion while viewing the loop.
✓ Select opacity of radar images to your taste
✓ Check your local radar site's hardware operational status from within the app
✓ Portrait/Landscape/FullScreen
✓ Get fast support from within the app
Coverage Notes: If you live in a very-high-altitude town in Colorado (e.g. Fraser, Vail, Aspen), it is highly likely this app will not meet your needs since radar beams get blocked by the tall mountains. Alaska coverage includes only the southern coastal areas, and does not include the Aleutian Chain. Also cloud coverage does not include Alaska and Guam.
Notes:
✓ This app is only useful for users in the US, including all 50 states and territories including Puerto Rico and Guam.
What's New in Version 1.1
✓ Awesome visuals on New iPad 3
✓ NOAA Severe Weather Warning Boxes on map
✓ Save Multiple Location Bookmarks
✓ Cloud/Satellite Layer
✓ and several more enhancements
Customer Reviews
Re-Downloaded this app!!
I had removed this app in the past because I preferred it's competition as it didn't offer anything "extra" that my other Radar apps didn't already have. To save on space it was deleted.
Fortunately, I saw that this app was recently updated and decided to give it another chance. I'm glad I did! Many improvements have been made.
First, they've given the "User" the option of customizing the loops and made them much closer in time, something I even asked for in their
Group Discussions.
Second, they added the option of looking up places by address and then saving them as a bookmark. This is a key feature that my other "Radar" apps do NOT have. I find this VERY useful.
Third, is the addition of the "Home" button which quickly centers you back to your saved location when scrolling around.
Fourth, the creators have also given the user the option of changing the "icon" in case you don't prefer the common "red drop" pin. I've added different golf courses across the U.S. and marked them with a "Flag" to make it noticeable. This way I can not only see their current weather and future forecast, I can also see their Radar images quickly and very easily.
Other helpful changes that have been made, is when the app is "Opened" it automatically centers the user back to it's saved location, something it lacked before.
Overall, many good adjustments have been added or changed to make this a definite "Keeper" on my iPhone. Now I get to DELETE one of its competitors off my device, lol. Keep up the great work!!!
Luis
Safe side
Greatful to have
New iPad great
Looks great on the new iPad 3. Love this app
- $1.99
- Category: Weather
- Updated: Apr 16, 2012
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 2.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Geoterrestrial, Inc
- © 2011 GeoTerrestrial, Inc
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
