Wind Seeker +4

Name: Wind Seeker
Price: 3.99 USD
Rating: 2.6 (5 reviews)
Author: ozPDA

ozPDA

- 2,6 • 5 avaliações

- US$ 3,99

Descrição

Provides a FLAT VIEW COMPASS and an AUGMENTED REALITY 3-D VIEW showing the local wind and weather conditions with animated wind vectors. Also has a searchable MAP VIEW allowing you to view up-to-date local and world weather station data.

As requested by many users, you can now set any location of your choosing via map search, and browse the map to see weather conditions anywhere around the world

Ideal For:
- Aviators, Sailors, Surfers, Windsurfers, Kite Flyers, Cyclists, Fire Fighters, Weather Hobbyists and any other outdoor enthusiasts

Main Features:
- Compass view showing animated wind vectors for nearest weather stations with wind, temperature and humidity readings
- 3-D augmented reality view with animated wind vectors
- List of local observation stations (up to 10 nearest), from which any may be selected for individual wind viewing
- Map view of all local stations with weather arrows showing direction, speed and temperature
- Uses official Bureau of Meteorology data within Australia, and NOAA metar data (from airports) for rest of world

Notes
- The compass accuracy depends on having an undistorted magnetic field around your device. If you use it close to metallic objects or electrical equipment, directional accuracy may be impaired.

12 de fev. de 2023

Versão 4.8

v4.8
* Provides substantially more comprehensive observation location data, so more likely to have a wind observation site near you

2,6 de 5

5 avaliações

More of a novelty...

I decided to cough up the cash, after seeing a fellow kite flier's review. The flat compass with the wind direction blowing across it is slick, along with temp and relative humidity. The 3D view seems more of a novelty, but is well done.

I use the Weather Channel app more so, but combine the two and I know exactly when to head out for single line and stunt kite flying.

Great, informative and versatile

Not too sure what some of the negative reviews are about, but this app shows prevailing wind speed, gusts, graphic direction, augmented reality winds, temperature, relative humidity, wound data for your entire region, fast switch between reporting stations to be displayed on main display, how recent the data is (usually a matter of minutes), and probably a lot more that i have yet to tinker with! I personally have had this app for what i think have been 2 - 3 years now and love it! Maybe the negative reviews are from an area not covered, like the moon?

No 3D view of Wind

This developers other apps sun seeker and moon seeker rock! They have a 3D view meaning wherever you are the app figures it out and shows you the location of the sun or moon and data. Those are AR apps. This app is just not as good.

1. The map location fails to show the wind in any view
2. The wind display is overlaid on a black screen which is not AR it’s just a simple compass view.
3. The location identifier is not precise. It shows you in a city zoomed out and then you have to zoom down to your location (which is lame, the app should know where I am relatively and show me the data surrounding me)

In my opinion this app is maybe 1 step better than Dark Sky or general apps for wind. It focuses on macro data and doesn’t help you visualize it well. But as a stand-alone app doesn’t do what other wind apps do in App Store and doesn’t live up to expectations set by Sun Seeker or Moon Seeker.

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