pressureNet
Data
crowdsourced sensor network
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool, fun product using the Xoom barometer
From 2 comments
Looks a fun product - I was wondering what the reason was for putting the source in svn on your servers rather than somewhere like Github?
jvc26 on HNVery cool! I did not know that the Xoom had a barometer. You should see if you can work out a partnership with the Dark Skies phone app:…
NathanKP on HN
Objections
Unclear what the site does; the landing page needs explaining
From 1 comment
This is cool. A bit of feedback - it would be really helpful if the linked page said exactly what pressureNet does - I had to read the linked Giz article to understand that it…
localhost on HN
Existing weather stations would dwarf this network
From 1 comment
I think all of the weather stations available via the Weather Underground (possibly elsewhere) would dwarf this network. Maybe you can use those too?
moheeb on HN
Requests
Turn point data into a color contour map on the home page
From 1 comment
Can you turn the point data into a color contour map and place a recently updated map on your home page?
unabridged on HN
Partner with Dark Sky to feed barometer readings into forecasts
From 1 comment
Very cool! I did not know that the Xoom had a barometer. You should see if you can work out a partnership with the Dark Skies phone app:…
NathanKP on HN
Questions
Why source is in svn rather than GitHub
From 1 comment
Looks a fun product - I was wondering what the reason was for putting the source in svn on your servers rather than somewhere like Github?
jvc26 on HN
What the Xoom barometer is used for
From 1 comment
Pretty cool that the Xoom has a barometric sensor. Other than this nifty use case what is it used for?
poutine on HN
Alternatives named
Weather Underground weather stations
From 1 comment
I think all of the weather stations available via the Weather Underground (possibly elsewhere) would dwarf this network. Maybe you can use those too?
moheeb on HN
Dark Sky app
From 1 comment
Very cool! I did not know that the Xoom had a barometer. You should see if you can work out a partnership with the Dark Skies phone app:…
NathanKP on HN