Weather data acquisition using paragliding pilots
The goal of this project is to enable weather prediction models to utilize high quality and availability data from sensors positioned on paragliding pilots around Switzerland. To achieve this the following tech stack is going to be used:
- A Flutter application that will be deployed to both iOS and Android devices for free with the option of contributing with small donations
- A weather sensor that will acquire data to be transmitted to the aforementioned mobile application
- A partnership with federal meteorology services to upload the acquired data in the format required.
Specifications of the solution
Mobile APP
The chosen tech stack for now is Flutter, mostly for it’s ease of use and easy deployment to various types of mobile operating systems.
Weather Data Sensor
For the sensor I am going for the ruuvitag pro sensor. For the development part I will be using the 4in1 version which has the following capabilities:
- Temperature, Texas Instruments TMP117AIDRVR
- Humidity, Sensirion SHTC3
- Air Pressure, Infineon DPS310
- Motion, STMicroelectronics LIS2DH12
Sensor
A full list of technical details can be found on their official website