Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Storms of 04-24-10

The image below is from a GIS application I've developed called StormWatch, using the Open Source GIS platform called MapWindow. The blue, diagonal polygon highlights the path taken by yesterday's tornadoes. These storms have killed at least 10 people and caused millions in damage. Click the image for a larger view.

2 comments :

Anonymous said...

Very cool. What are the red points? Tornadoes?

David L. said...

Those are the locations of severe weather reports, as recorded by the National Weather Service.

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