Windy alternatives
6 tools in the catalogue cover the same ground as Windy and can replace it depending on the need. Each one is reachable, re-checked daily, and listed with its pricing.
- Earth NullschoolfreeGlobal visualisation of winds, currents and particles, with an archive. Used to establish the direction a plume, a slick or an aerosol travelled.
- MeteobluefreemiumWeather archives going back years, point by point, with hourly detail. The most precise free source for dating an outdoor scene by its conditions.
- VentuskyfreemiumAnimated weather maps with hourly historical data. Gives the temperature, cloud cover and precipitation recorded at a point on a past date.
- Bing MapsfreeMicrosoft web mapping service with road, aerial, and route layers for location analysis.
- Dual MapsfreeDual-pane map viewer for side-by-side comparison of basemaps and imagery.
- EarthExplorerfreeUSGS portal for Landsat, Sentinel, and other earth observation datasets.
Windy
Geolocation / Maps
Weather visualisation with a historical archive. Lets you check whether the sky, the wind or the snow in a photograph match the date and place claimed.
RECOMMENDED USE
Checking a photo's weather against its claimed date and place
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Daft Logic Distance
Geolocation Tools / MapsMeasures distances and areas on a map by placing successive points. Handy for checking whether a claimed journey is plausible in the stated time.
Ventusky
Geolocation Tools / MapsAnimated weather maps with hourly historical data. Gives the temperature, cloud cover and precipitation recorded at a point on a past date.
Meteoblue
Geolocation Tools / MapsWeather archives going back years, point by point, with hourly detail. The most precise free source for dating an outdoor scene by its conditions.
NEXRAD Data Inventory Search
Geolocation Tools / MapsNOAA/NCDC index for searching archived NEXRAD radar datasets.
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