Mike Hardiman
EF2
Does anyone know of a site or app that displays high quality satellite LOOPS and will work on an Android tablet? The looping applets on the TTU, COD, and RAP/UCAR sites do not work on Android or iphone.
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After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.
I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.
For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.
From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.
Sincerely, Jeff D.
Satellite loops tablet
- Thread starter Mike Hardiman
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Eric Friedebach
EF2
WeatherTAP Mobile will do it for me.
mikedeason
EF5
A pretty decent free option is My-Weather Lite. For the price, the visible imagery is surprisingly good but it is only a four image loop.
Dan Robinson
EF5
The COD loops work on my Android tablet - have you tried the Firefox browser? COD works fine in both FF and the stock Android browser on my tablet.
Mike Hardiman
EF2
Thanks, Mike. That's the first app I've seen on any mobile platform that has actual remapped satellite data (rather than just static images) of any quality, and the only one that has geo-referenced images. I'd never have bothered downloading it since on the Google Store it looks like just another one of the thousands of non-technical, not-very-useful weather apps out there.
I do wish they didn't try to give a colorized background to the visible imagery, but it looks like most of the details are not lost.
WeatherUnderground has geo-referenced satellite imagery ("WunderMap") on their smartphone/tablet apps, but it is post-processed, overly-smoothed IR imagery.
Mike Hardiman
EF2
So it does. I didn't think either the stock browser nor Firefox could handle Flash on Android. It seems to be variable -- I've run into many websites with flash "slideshows" that do not load on Firefox.
I have mostly been using "Dolphin for Pad" since it has a slightly less-annoying Bookmarks GUI, and usually sends you to the "Full Site" version of web pages. "Dolphin Beta" seemed to have Flash support for some sites, but not others.
I really wish there was an Android browser that had a proper "Bookmarks Bar" ... there's plenty of room for one on a tablet.
The lack of consistent Flash and Java support is annoying. It reminds me of trying to browse the web with Linux 10 years ago.
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