Hello Matthew, and congratulations on your initiative. I'd like to sign up, but when I entered your website it asked for my credit card details and that caused me to retreat.. How secure is your site? All the best, Paul Mander
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Matthew Scutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I've recently launched my new subscription-based soaring forecast service, > https://skysight.io/ , featuring: > > - 5+ days forecasting range, so you can plan your weekend from early > in the week, like you're used to with XCSkies. > - Half-hourly time steps through the day, so you can better understand > the evolution of the day, similar to RASP. > - Highly accurate forecasts, moreso than other providers due to very > high resolution forecasting with specialized terrain and land datasets. > - Route planning, giving you a cross section of the weather you'll fly > through each day. > - Clean and fresh user interface, integrating Google Maps overlays and > tablet/mobile support. > > Currently it covers most of QLD, SA, VIC, ACT and NSW, and is expanding > further soon to WA, NT and NZ. > > I've priced it at 12.99$/mo or 99$/yr, with a 14 day trial period during > which you can delete your account and receive no charges. > > I've had it under wraps for a few years and used it to great success at > competitions, in particular JWGC and the last few nationals. > However the improvements I wished to make were become too expensive at the > scale I wished to operate, hence opening it up as a service that we can all > benefit from. > > It is still under active development, feature requests and feedback are > welcome. > > Features already under development include: > > - Automatic text forecasts - get an email/sms midweek with the weekend > forecast for your location. > - Forecasting improvements, to better resolve wave or complex weather. > - New colour scales - currently familiar as you are likely used to, > but changing soon to something more expressive and granular. > - Alternative plotting regimes, such as showing speckling for the > proportional octas of cumulus. > > Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions, > feature requests or complaints. > > Happy landings, > Matthew Scutter > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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