BalloonPredictionMap

Show multiple simultaneous CUSF balloon predictions over a map of U.S. restricted airspace. Useful for planning weather balloon launches within the continental United States.

Features

• run predictions from multiple sites simultaneously (as defined in launch_locations.geojson)
• right-click anywhere on the map to immediately run a prediction from that location

Installation

This website is entirely client-based, so can either be hosted on a server or viewed locally on a computer.

1. either
   • download the source code directly or
   • git clone this repository

     git clone https://github.com/zacharyburnett/BalloonPredictionMap
     

2. open index.html in a web browser

Hosting your Own Copy

Feel free to download this website, fork this repository, do whatever you want with this code.

To customize launch locations, edit the file launch_locations.geojson with launch sites in the following format:

{
    "type": "Feature",
    "properties": {
        "name": "Valley Elementary School",
        "phone": 2402363000,
        "address": "3519 Jefferson Pike, Jefferson, MD 21755",
        "url": "<a href='https:\/\/education.fcps.org\/ves\/home'>link<\/a>",
        "x": -77.547824,
        "y": 39.359031
    },
    "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
            -77.547824,
            39.359031
        ]
    }
}

Also, you can change the starting location of the map view here: https://github.com/zacharyburnett/BalloonPredictionMap/blob/7a8972299190ccea2fa9e5fa07b0e31dda305e7e/index.html#L67

Examples

1. http://bpp.umd.edu/predicts