Micro-local weather route recommendation service

The MiLoW-RRS service covers the integration of high-resolution weather forecasts into outdoor routing and navigation solutions by combining maps, elevation profiles and route descriptions in dynamic spatio-temporal user interfaces. By utilising a special combination of space technologies and space derived data the service aims at providing a unique user experience for weather-based tour planning and at offering accurate weather forecasts and snow cover information for complex mountainous terrains. Main users are outdoor enthusiasts and travel operators. In order to provide reliable and accurate micro-local weather forecast information for mountainous terrains, Earth observation data from meteorological satellites such as NOAA are essential to obtain global weather data model parameters ranging from atmospheric pressure systems, cloud coverage and temperatures to precipitation. In addition, snow cover information is retrieved from Landsat and Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite data that provide higher resolution than for example offered by MODIS. For guidance and decision support during outdoor activities, the GNSS capabilities incorporated in a broad range of end user devices with Android or iOS operating systems are critical success factors for accurate positioning.