Going Blue
An expedition weather app that delivers detailed weather forecasts over low-bandwidth satellite messengers such as Garmin inReach, ZOLEO, and iPhone satellite messaging. It uses an rANS entropy coder fitted on historical weather forecasts to compress about 100 time periods (~4 days of hourly data) into a 160-character message using just a couple bits per variable on average.
What it addresses
Getting detailed weather forecasts through satellite messengers' tiny message limits of about 1,000 bits (160 characters).
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Going Blue
An expedition weather app that delivers detailed weather forecasts over low-bandwidth satellite messengers such as Garmin inReach, ZOLEO, and iPhone satellite messaging. It uses an rANS entropy coder fitted on historical weather forecasts to compress about 100 time periods (~4 days of hourly data) into a 160-character message using just a couple bits per variable on average.
Problem: Getting detailed weather forecasts through satellite messengers' tiny message limits of about 1,000 bits (160 characters).
Posted by @aaasen · Original comment ↗
“I'm building an expedition weather app that works via satellite messengers like Garmin inReach, ZOLEO, and iPhone satellite messaging.”