The GIS Christmas calendar is back!
Two years ago I did a GIS Christmas calendar with a post every day until Christmas about GIS or maps. This year I will do the same, but be a little broader on the subjects of the posts, and also include posts about geography. It will mostly be posts with links to things from my big bookmark archive, but also some personal work on some days.
As the climate meeting is happening in Paris this week I would like to start with a few beautiful tools to visualise global climate.
Earth
This is a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers, with a lot of variables that can be changed by clicking on the earth button. As default it shows the wind at the surface, but many other layers can be turned on as overlays. One cool feature is the possibility to change to a different map projection.
Windyty
This second website is based on the above, but has a different and in my opinion simpler interface with a timeline and a location search box so that it is a little easier to find the weather conditions at your own location.