Blitzortung Lightning Monitor

Die Beschreibung von Blitzortung Lightning Monitor

Site Editorial Commentary：Have a quick overview of the current thunderstorm situation whenever you want.

Stay informed and safe with "Blitzortung Lightning Monitor," a user-friendly, map-based application that visualizes real-time lightning data from the blitzortung.org lightning location network project. Get the current thunderstorm situation right at your fingertips! This app is perfect for weather enthusiasts, outdoor adventurers, and anyone who needs to stay aware of nearby lightning activity.

Feature summary:
- Real-time display of lightning data, providing up-to-the-minute information on strike locations.
- Display of historical lightning data for the last 24 hours, allowing you to review past storm activity.
- Coverage for regions including Europe, North & South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia/New Zealand.
- Lightning strike time color-coded for easy identification of recent strikes.
- Reduced data volume ensures fast response times, even during periods of high thunderstorm activity.
- Displays current lightning strike time and lightning count, giving you a quick overview of storm intensity.
- Optional user location display, allowing you to see your proximity to lightning strikes.
- Alarm function shows distance/direction of storms, alerting you to approaching threats.
- Alarm background service ensures you receive alerts even when the app is not actively in use.
- Support for notifications and vibration alarm, providing customizable alerts.
- Single stroke display for blitzortung.org participants, offering detailed data for network contributors.

Please visit http://www.blitzortung.org for more information regarding the community-based lightning location project.

The raster display ensures fast performance, even with high thunderstorm activity. Blitzortung.org participants can visualize all stroke locations individually.

Contribute to the app by translating it into your language! Contact the author to get involved.

note to Australian/US west coast users: The blitzortung.org network is currently concentrated on the eastern part of the continent. To help extend coverage to other regions of Australia/South America/Asia/Africa, consider participating in the blitzortung.org network. Find further information at http://blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?page=2. Thank you!

Project repository: https://github.com/wuan/bo-android

Detailed documentation: https://blitzortung.tryb.de/docs/apps/android/basic/

Using the gps location provider in combination with the background service can lead to high battery use. For background operation, please use the network or the passive location provider to conserve battery life.