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Offline jmills

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Radar Data
« on: January 16, 2013, 04:16:01 PM »
Does anybody know if WeatherSTARs and IS/IS2 uses raw radar data or if it is images off of the NOAA server with a really good image processing algorithm. Thanks!

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Re: Radar Data
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2013, 11:01:10 PM »
On the 4000, processing was needed on TWC's side to make the customized map backgrounds and the radar mosaic from multiple radar sites so you could see everything flow nicely on the screen even if your area was in between those sites.  The IS and IS2 definitely have more processing involved than the 4000 as they also add colors for areas where the computer algorithms think it's wintry mix or snow.  Raw radar data from NOAA does not show these distinctions, so it's clearly on TWC's end.

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Re: Radar Data
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 06:40:46 AM »
TWC has a lot of algorithms they have developed to modify the raw image. Its all being generated from TWC for all the star units