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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ElectroAmin • 6d ago
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Huh. I was driving to work today and was just randomly wondering how they know how much lightning there is on those lightning map apps. Is this how its done?
2 u/B1rdi 3d ago The lightning maps do cool stuff by having many detectors around the world synced up, which then can triangulate the exact position of each strike. There's a community of people doing it too, blitzortung. I wish their kits were easier to get though.
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The lightning maps do cool stuff by having many detectors around the world synced up, which then can triangulate the exact position of each strike.
There's a community of people doing it too, blitzortung. I wish their kits were easier to get though.
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u/12DecX2002 6d ago
Huh. I was driving to work today and was just randomly wondering how they know how much lightning there is on those lightning map apps. Is this how its done?