Got an Iphone now I need your help.

[Brendon Lindsey]

What are some weather related apps that are must haves in your own opinion for the iphone 4. I appreciate any input, just trying to save some time on searching endlessly.

 

[Chris McBee]

RadarScope. You can't go wrong. Worth the ten bucks.

 

[Tyler Allison]

RadarScope is about the only real stand out weather app. The others are just personal preference.

Of course..you could try BoltMeter

 

[Jeff Richardson]

Another vote for RadarScope. I was surprisingly impressed with how well it works. If someone's on an extremely tight budget or saving up to purchase RadarScope in the future, you might give MyRadar a try...it's a free app & just might hold you over for a while. It only has the basic reflectivity data in a loop and nothing more. I recommend it to non-weather enthusiasts who aren't needing to know anything more than whether or not to carry an umbrella with them to work, school, etc.

 

[Karen St John]

RadarScope. And Boltmeter. I have both on my iPad, and I am loving it!

 

[BBauer]

Anyone know?

I just recently got an iPod Touch 4th Gen (the new ones). Anyway, I know it does not get GPS but I was wondering if Radarscope will still plot my location while connected to Wi-Fi. The google maps app plots my location using Wi-Fi and is decently accurate (within a hundred yards I'd say). I would just be using Radarscope on it when at home, school, the mall, etc. But it would be nice to see my position relative to interesting storm features. I'll probably get the app sometime regardless but i was just curious. The wunderground mobile site plots my location on a small map but you can't even zoom or use any features...its just a zoomed out regional map

 

[Jerry Prsha]

I just recently got an iPod Touch 4th Gen (the new ones). Anyway, I know it does not get GPS but I was wondering if Radarscope will still plot my location while connected to Wi-Fi.

Yes. Apple pays a third party to allow them access to a map of WiFi hotspots all over the country and the iPod will use the WiFi you're connected to to determine your position within a block area. It works pretty well.

 

[Robert Edmonds]

Yes. Apple pays a third party to allow them access to a map of WiFi hotspots all over the country and the iPod will use the WiFi you're connected to to determine your position within a block area. It works pretty well.

Not always... I live in Las Cruces and my wifi location is in Albuquerque (a few hundred miles away). I suspect my router(since I used to live up there) is the reason, but never cared enough to figure out how to correct this, if it's possible.

 

[Jerry Prsha]

Not always... I live in Las Cruces and my wifi location is in Albuquerque (a few hundred miles away). I suspect my router(since I used to live up there) is the reason, but never cared enough to figure out how to correct this, if it's possible.

Well, I think that your situation is a bit out of the norm.

There are "sniffer" trucks that drive all the roads and find these things. The company that controls this is "Skyhook Wireless." They would be the one to contact.

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

I just recently got an iPod Touch 4th Gen (the new ones). Anyway, I know it does not get GPS but I was wondering if Radarscope will still plot my location while connected to Wi-Fi. The google maps app plots my location using Wi-Fi and is decently accurate (within a hundred yards I'd say). I would just be using Radarscope on it when at home, school, the mall, etc. But it would be nice to see my position relative to interesting storm features. I'll probably get the app sometime regardless but i was just curious. The wunderground mobile site plots my location on a small map but you can't even zoom or use any features...its just a zoomed out regional map

If you're an uber-nerd and don't mind voiding your warranty, you can get GPS on your iPod touch. To do this, you jailbreak the iPod, then use Cydia to purchase, download, and install an app called "RoqyGPS". This will allow your iPod to talk to a bluetooth GPS puck. Once you have the iPod talking to a bluetooth GPS puck, you can enable GPS positional reporting in Radarscope.

It's a lot easier just to buy an iPhone, though.

The positional reporting via Wifi isn't that accurate when it comes to storm chasing, since there aren't many hotspots on rural Kansas roads.

 

[Steve Miller]

Here is a list of the weather related apps currently on my iPhone:
RadarScope (this horse is beat on ST; incredible radar app, get it.)
Storm Spotter (Radar on google maps + Warnings)
AeroWeather (Weather data by station + lunar)
Wx Alert USA (Text data including extended forecast, AFD, temp graphs, radar, satellite)
WeatherBug (The same pile of crap people put on their desktops; not recommended)
Hurricane (very nice current and historical hurricane tracking app)
BoltMeter (no idea how this works as there has been no lightning to test it with)

 

[BBauer]

The positional reporting via Wifi isn't that accurate when it comes to storm chasing, since there aren't many hotspots on rural Kansas roads.

Yeah, this will be more for when I am at home, school, Panera bread, etc and don't want to open or haul around my laptop.

I purchased GRlevel 3 and a GPS puck for chasing. Last thing I need is a USB modem then I'll have the bare bones at least. Excited to get my feet wet in chasing. Didn't chase anything worthy last season.