OT - NWS radar over Google Earth!

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/kml/

Go here and pick your area.

You must have Google Earth 4 or more to use it.

The .kml file will boot Google Earth. Zoom in to your area and you'll see
your local NWS radar plotted on top of Google Earth! Way cool...(c;

There's a small thunderstorm making a noise just West of my home. I can
see the storm and my little plot of swampland and it's dead on
accurate....much better than any of the NWS maps Java or GIF will give you.

Just thought you'd like to try it.....

On Aug 29, 3:36*pm, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/kml/
>
> Go here and pick your area.
>
> You must have Google Earth 4 or more to use it.
>
> The .kml file will boot Google Earth. *Zoom in to your area and you'll see
> your local NWS radar plotted on top of Google Earth! *Way cool...(c;
>
> There's a small thunderstorm making a noise just West of my home. *I can
> see the storm and my little plot of swampland and it's dead on
> accurate....much better than any of the NWS maps Java or GIF will give you.
>
> Just thought you'd like to try it.....

Still not as nice as the Weather Underground's Wunder Map which also
displays well on real PC's that run Windows or Mac OS X. I haven't
tried it in Linux and it needs a good graphics card.

It also works on the iPhone believe it or not but changing all the
settings is difficult since by default it is mouse sensitive and
quickly attempts to stretch it as a comannd to pan.