28.01.2013 03:21 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

View the winds with Windscape for iOS

At first glance, this might seem like a silly app. However, I have to say Windscape is interesting, entertaining, and educational. Windscape (US$0.99 app) gives you a graphic representation of global surface wind patterns, which are rendered as moving particles. There are thousands of particles on screen, and they are color-coded by temperature. You can zoom into any area and see details of your local winds. As I moved around the country, I always believed prevailing winds are from the west. I can see now that is not true, and in my home of southern Arizona, I see our winds predominate from the south. This app is nice to leave running while my iPad is on my desk and watch the realtime changes all over the world. What's missin

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