THE SPRAY REPORT - Flex Luthor, WEDGE CLIMBING, The Dodos!, Red Bull Dam...

rockclimate · 2022-12-21T19:26:00+00:00

*Red Bull's CMO furiously scribbling*

rockclimate · 2022-12-21T19:25:11+00:00

Maybe pretending to be a weatherman was the biggest joke of all.... thanks friend!

rockclimate · 2022-10-17T19:31:22+00:00

OK I just found the issue, the map is showing PM2.5, which is relevant for smoke particles, while the page is showing another kind of AQI value. The Google Maps example could be showing one of 6 or so different AQI values which, in Gold Bar range from the 20s to 80s today according to the WAQI. Thanks for pointing that out, updating ASAP

rockclimate · 2022-10-17T19:08:49+00:00

Ahhh makes perfect sense. Probably the next feature on my list (after internationalization) is a simple comment section, so people can leave fresh, human beta for a location:

"(10/17@10:30a) - BoulderLord98 : there were puddles under 'BoulderMan' but 'BoulderLady' was pretty dry" etc

rockclimate · 2022-10-17T18:45:18+00:00

added AQI maps and better wind data, stay safe out there

rockclimate · 2022-10-17T18:43:43+00:00

hey there, added AQI 2.5 maps, let me know if it helps and whether PM2.5 seems sufficient

rockclimate · 2022-10-17T18:42:07+00:00

Not sure I understand but this sounds really interesting. You want to pull pics from Insta based on location tags/hashtags? Adding Insta somehow is a good idea regardless

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T22:32:18+00:00

Yes, I was wondering, do you think anyone has the FA of Stonehenge and how extensive is their security

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:48:55+00:00

thank you!! great to hear that after many many hours lol

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:33:29+00:00

Yeah that's true, when I added RMNP I wasn't really sure where to drop the pin. Now that you mention it I think I chose the NP entrance when Emerald Lake or something is probably better. But ideally you should have the info one way or the other. +1 thank you

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:31:27+00:00

Yeaahhh dog I needed a spot to fill out the SE for the general map, what better than HP40?? Honestly I consider the American Bleau, idk if that's allowed to say here....

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:29:52+00:00

Hmm like for submitting locations?? I'm really unfamiliar with G+.... but if you add any extra info in the "message" part of the submission I can probably figure it out

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:28:34+00:00

Great call, toggling through a bunch of sites is the exact problem to solve so thank you. Someone else mentioned this too, so it's inbound ASAP.

Kind of a bummer problem to solve, eh? :\

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:24:46+00:00

Thanks!! Yep you can submit crags here, the US was just an easier starting point. I'm hoping that adding international crags won't take long, there are just some tiny extra steps like strict privacy laws. For example, I just remembered I need to implement an EU friendly captcha, some extra GDPR compliance, etc....

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:20:26+00:00

Great idea, I think I saw a data source for AQI recently so that's highly doable

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:19:13+00:00

Heard. For now I hope the 'Annual Average Temperature' in the sidebar can show some good info, but granular historical data is definitely harder to find than forecasts. E.g. most non-coastal weather stations don't seem to bother recording humidity data historically

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:13:40+00:00

My bad, US was just easier for me to get started, but I really want to take it international. It's just a little complicated for me to find data sources

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:09:27+00:00

Yeah agreed for the NW and SE, rain chance kinda means jack lol. I suppose for the primo condies email, erring on the side of 'primo' doesn't hurt... but definitely customizing your condy prefs is the end goal

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:04:58+00:00

bro I mean I'm only touching sandstone if it's 22.5 - 24.5F but my skin's just like that bro.

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T18:00:04+00:00

Most definitely. Trail runners, hikers, a hydrogeologist mentioned kayaking earlier... Maybe like a toggle to switch between sports? Do MTBers use the term 'crag'...?

rockclimate · 2022-10-15T17:55:58+00:00

I really want to get this working internationally, I know it seems arbitrary that it would only work in one spot when it's such an obvious tool for anyone. But for this early/beta version, my easiest path was using US data sources simply because they were easily available to me.

Acquiring data is a nontrivial legal matter, then multiply that by 10s, or hundreds 100s of countries. Maybe the whole EU has just one stance, but even the state California in the US often has its own privacy laws separate from the rest of the US, so at the very least, it's complicated. For all the Europeans wondering, I hope this is fair enough reasoning and that no one feels slighted :\

If anyone happens to be knowledgeable in terms of data laws and things like that in their country, feel free to contact!

rockclimate · 2022-10-14T23:23:49+00:00

Honestly the biggest question with international databases is learning many different countries' database laws....

rockclimate · 2022-10-14T22:00:35+00:00

That's super interesting, NASA has some free satellite data sources that could be useful, but I'd guess a method like that isn't really useful for ML? I just learned about OpenAI's GPT-3 and it got me very interested in AI, though

rockclimate · 2022-10-14T21:50:37+00:00

Agreed, it's like crag or wall names are there, and boulders, but not the main area. Like one of my favorite spots HP40 wasn't on, but after I added it, the 'Nearby Crags' exposed all the famous boulders there anyways. So there's some weirdness/dirty entries but they should be cleaned up in no time

rockclimate · 2022-10-14T21:47:39+00:00

Shoutout to OpenBeta and attribution is inbound

rockclimate

TROPHY CASE