WeatherBug is a brand owned by Earth Networks, based in Germantown, Maryland, that provides live weather data and maintains a mesoscale network of 8,530 weather stations. Along with its weather station network, the company operates a dense lightning sensor network that uses broadband technology to constantly track total lightning in hurricanes. In early 2011, AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. changed its name to Earth Networks, Inc.
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WeatherBug, the leading provider of weather information services, manages and operates
a proprietary network of 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000
cameras that are strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and television
stations throughout the U.S. These professional-grade weather stations generate
live neighborhood level reports every second (unlike other weather providers; their
data is up to an hour or more old).
Who uses WeatherBug Products and Data
WeatherBug was developed with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions,
forecasts and life saving severe weather alerts from its exclusive network of WeatherBug
Tracking Stations. Today, the mission remains the same. WeatherBug data is used by…
Consumers: 19 million unique at-home and at-work visitors.*Government: accessible to Homeland Security personnel for plume modeling in the event
of a biological or chemical attack and by over 100 government agencies at
the state and local level. Schools and School Districts: used in over 8,000 schools across the U.S. for teaching
math, science and geography with real life data. Broadcasters: used by meteorologists at over 100 television broadcast stations like
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB and Telemundo, to bring “neighborhood” weather forecasts
and conditions to communities every day.
Since its release nearly five years ago, WeatherBug is one of the top 10 Internet
properties in daily reach* with millions looking to their WeatherBug desktop application
for live local weather conditions, forecasts and severe weather alerts. The WeatherBug
service is available at WeatherBug.com
as well as via our partners — NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, WB and Telemundo television stations,
Netscape, Logitech, HP/Compaq, and America Online — to name just a few.
The Company
Founded in 1992, WeatherBug manages and operates the world's largest proprietary
weather network with 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras
strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and televisions stations
throughout the U.S. WeatherBug data is used in over 80 million households a month,
both on-line and on-air, to help plan the day ahead, protect communities and educate
our children.
WeatherBug started in the education market by pioneering a program which included
installing professional-grade automated weather stations at schools to help teachers
apply real-world technology for math, science and geography. All schools were networked
together and soon WeatherBug introduced a rigorous curriculum to the package that
covered grades K-12 and met National and State E ducation standards.
The TV broadcast partnership model was introduced next in 1993. The WeatherBug ‘on-air'
solution connected schools to broadcast meteorologists across the U.S. Today, local
broadcast meteorologists at over 100 NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, WB and Telemundo television
stations are utilizing WeatherBug's live local weather conditions in their weather
newscasts, offering a unique look at the weather from within viewers' neighborhoods.
In 2000, the WeatherBug desktop application was launched to consumer and business
users with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions, forecasts and
life saving, severe weather alerts; all leveraging the existing WeatherBug Tracking
Station network...
WeatherBug is a brand owned by Earth Networks, based in Germantown, Maryland, that provides live weather data and maintains a mesoscale network of 8,530 weather stations. Along with its weather station network, the company operates a dense lightning sensor network that uses broadband technology to constantly track total lightning in hurricanes. In early 2011, AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. changed its name to Earth Networks, Inc.
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