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    • ivoI
      ivo Administrator
      last edited by ivo

      How to make good even better? Make it more visible to human eyes.

      Our original satellite layer offered (as a default) images from the visible spectrum, which means we presented the data "as is" straight from the satellite camera. This gave us the full detail. But for most of us, it was hard to distinguish countries, seas, oceans, and lakes. We have left "Visibility" as an option, but we have added the "Blue" spectrum that uses a false-color range as a default.

      desc: Our new Satellite layer;photo: Windy

      From our point of view, the changes are magnificent. It enables us to understand weather patterns to an even broader audience.

      This feature was brought to you by our whole Windy team. But being honest, most of the work was done by Milan, our WebGL guy. So kudos to him.

      desc: Milan enjoying his time in Norway;photo: Milan

      https://www.windy.com/-Satellite-satellite?satellite,51.865,24.046,4,internal

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      • metacreaM
        metacrea | Premium
        last edited by

        Hi

        better résolution yes, but
        I miss the good OLD night/day DIFFERENCE

        Best

        Chris

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        • petra.pikP
          petra.pik @metacrea
          last edited by

          Hi @metacrea, you are still able to see the original satellite view.

          visible.png

          Petra

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            przemo1986 | Premium
            last edited by

            When the change is available in the application. ?

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            • KorinaK
              Korina @przemo1986
              last edited by

              @przemo1986 Hello, we plan to release a new update in a couple of weeks.

              Korina

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              • Yves70Y
                Yves70 Meteorologist | Premium
                last edited by

                @ivo
                You confirm it is a visible satellite view but color enhanced, correct ?
                I was a bit confused because the difference between day and night map is not that much so initially I though it was INFRA with a color treatment
                This is key to know because visible images, color enhanced or not, gives info about the thickness of the clouds while INFRA gives us info about the height of the clouds

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                  Zeddicus | Premium
                  last edited by

                  Nice enhancement! It looks like a smart combination of Infra and Visible. This is like the 'classical view' some other websites offer, but much much better! Using the smooth animation it's even more impressive.

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                  • DL4HAOD
                    DL4HAO
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for your hard and innovative work! ... greetings from Hamburg/Germany, Dietmar, DL4HAO

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                    • pavelneumanP
                      pavelneuman
                      last edited by

                      Všimnul jsem si toho před pár dny, a je to paráda, hlavně jak to krásně odděluje pevninu. Ještě by se mi líbil nějaký hybrid s IR ;-)

                      Congrats!

                      Severe #weather & dark music junkie. CMO at StormHour.com, biz-dev & partnerships at EXTREMEWEATHER.CLUB

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                      • jmh2002J
                        jmh2002 Moderator Mariners - Seafarers Sailor
                        last edited by

                        THANKS to all of the Windy Team, and an extra special thanks to Milan!

                        WINDY is everywhere :)

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                        • gortahorkG
                          gortahork | Premium
                          last edited by

                          Nice work. Good clean clarity. I like it. Thank you.

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                          • anthony10A
                            anthony10 | Premium
                            last edited by

                            Love the new 'Blue" satellite layer Windy team, it does help the eyes!
                            Would it be possible in the future to add another layer called "True" colour (if licensing allow this).
                            The himawari 8 satellite has a great True Colour view that is beautiful.
                            http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/loop.asp?data_folder=himawari-8/full_disk_ahi_true_color&width=800&height=800&number_of_images_to_display=30&loop_speed_ms=100

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                            • petra.pikP
                              petra.pik
                              last edited by

                              Thank you, @anthony10, for your feedback and suggestion.

                              We are going to implement the 3D feature but right now we can't promise all layers, including satellite, will be included.

                              Petra

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                                Nicometeo
                                last edited by

                                Very beautiful and useful sattellite imagery.
                                Thank you Milan !

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                                • cdc101C
                                  cdc101
                                  last edited by

                                  Very good.

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                                    waz7710 | Premium
                                    last edited by

                                    Looks awesome!! Great work

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                                    • wxrW
                                      wxr
                                      last edited by

                                      Looks great. Thank you.

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                                      • weatherfanW
                                        weatherfan @wxr
                                        last edited by

                                        @wxr said in Windy.com brings high visibility satellite layer:

                                        Looks great. Thank you.

                                        I like the new details of how the cloud cover is presented. It seems that the nighttime side is brighter, too, than the older visible nighttime side.

                                        @wxr said in Windy.com brings high visibility satellite layer:

                                        Looks great. Thank you.

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                                        • Anton IvanovA
                                          Anton Ivanov
                                          last edited by

                                          Молодцы)

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                                          • adjeP07A
                                            adjeP07 | Premium
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you so much again for all the ideas to improve what we see in the browser and in the app, for us as (daily) user. I am happy as paying member I can indirectly contribute to this.

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