PressureNet
Infrastructure
crowdsourced sensor network
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea with a clear case for weather
From 2 comments
Thanks for the MWR reference. It's really great you've got people within that community so interested. "...we've collected atmosphere data over a period of years, and we expect…
mturmon on HNLove the idea; naive, noobie question: since your sensor density presumably depends very much on population density, how does this affect your model? I was under the impression…
danparsonson on HN
Objections
Climate claims are speculative
From 2 comments
From the top of the about page (http://pressurenet.io/about/) -- "Our mission is to dramatically improve weather and climate forecasting." How does this have to do with climate?…
mturmon on HNThanks for the MWR reference. It's really great you've got people within that community so interested. "...we've collected atmosphere data over a period of years, and we expect…
mturmon on HN
Requests Google Maps permission that exposes other data
From 2 comments
I've gotten into the habit of not installing applications that ask for access to my Google accounts. I'm also curious as to why this application needs to prevent my phone from…
smoyer on HNREAD_GSERVICES being so "wide" was one of my major complaints about Android ... and while I'm sure you guys are ethical, there are a lot of applications I'd like to have that…
smoyer on HN
Depends on proprietary Google services
From 1 comment
I've wanted to run this app for a while, but you rely on several proprietary Google services. I hope you can move away from them in the future. An increasing amount of Android…
dublinben on HN
Sensor accuracy and manufacturer bias concerns
From 1 comment
How is a roaming drone network better than simple low cost sensors powered by sun/wind? (ie what's already in use) Another question: how do you intend to tackle sensor…
darkmighty on HN
Requests
Move away from Google services and open mapping
From 2 comments
I've wanted to run this app for a while, but you rely on several proprietary Google services. I hope you can move away from them in the future. An increasing amount of Android…
dublinben on HNWe don't ask for permission for your accounts at all actually - we just ask permission to use Google Maps, which Google unfortunately lumps together. The app is open source on…
cryptoz on HN
Fix broken API documentation link
From 2 comments
404 on the "Read the full documentation" link under "API" on the API page. (Edit: I see you already found the broken link and the file is yonder…
beardicus on HNOops, the API page has a link to documentation that's 404ing right now, we'll fix that ASAP. Here's the file: http://apps.cumulonimbus.ca/PressureNetDataAPI-v2.pdf
cryptoz on HN
Integrate Netatmo weather station data
From 1 comment
Any chance the Netatmo weatherstation will be able to supply data in the future? Quite alot of them out there [1], and I would love to contribute. [1]…
torstesu on HN
Add RSS feed for blog
From 1 comment
I enjoyed looking through your blog (http://pressurenet.io/blog/). Do you perhaps have a rss/atom feed for the blog or plan to have one at some point?
cmpb on HN
Questions
How does sensor density affect the model in cities versus national networks
From 1 comment
Love the idea; naive, noobie question: since your sensor density presumably depends very much on population density, how does this affect your model? I was under the impression…
danparsonson on HN
Data license terms
From 1 comment
Is there information anywhere about what, if any, license (CC or otherwise) the data is/would be under? All I saw was that the SDK is MIT.
LamaOfRuin on HN
Indoor versus outdoor pressure differences
From 1 comment
Is there any concern about people spending most of their time inside, which might have a higher pressure than outside because of climate control?
eutropia on HN
Alternatives named
Weathersignal
From 1 comment
isn't this similar to weathersignal.com ?
lazyant on HN