Weather station for South African farmers
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I want to create a weather forcast network for a 100 sq km.area in which I am farming.It will be situated near the town of Lichtenburg [lat.26 13/lon.26 21] in South Africa.Where can we buy the best weather station network ? How can we get access to all the realtime satellite info for this area? Where can we get the best software to use in such a network? We want to advise farmers on soil moisture conditions,24hour to 5 day forcasts etc.What is this going to cost?
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Answer:
Hi! Thanks for the very interesting and at the same time extremely important question. I would like to approach the research on the two aspects of do it yourself weather systems and of contracting a firm to set everything up for you. If you would prefer to set-up the system and would like to buy the equipment piece-by- piece the following products from the Weather Information Systems Online Mall will be of great assistance: The following Weather View software listed on this page has broadcast capabilities for customers who desire to provide weather data via cable, TV, and other means of video transmission. I have phoned them and they said that such software could be used in an international setting like South Africa. Broadcast Licensed Editions http://www.weathermarket.com/shop/default.php?cPath=1_5 Broadcast W/Slide Show Edition http://www.weathermarket.com/shop/default.php?cPath=1_6 The official Weather View website http://www.weatherview32.com/index.html Next are the weather instruments you may need for your network. http://www.weathermarket.com/shop/default.php?cPath=10 http://www.weathermarket.com/shop/default.php?cPath=9 In terms of satellite imagery systems Orbital provides its services world wide specifically to commercial farming and fishing industries. Orbital Web Page http://www.orbital.com/RelatedBusinesses/SatelliteImaging/ Intermountain has this product which specifically measures soil moisture and other pre-configured weather stations for your needs. http://www.inmtn.com/appagriculture.htm Other Weather Station Systems from Intermountain http://www.inmtn.com/systemmet.htm#et106 AWIS or (The Agricultural Weather Information Systems) provides tools for agriculture related weather forecasting. AWIS http://www.awis.com/ The following web pages are online stores to complete your weather network facilities: PC Weather Products http://www.pcwp.com/ Weathertools http://www.weathertools.com/ Weather Shop http://www.weathershop.com The Weather Watchers Organization http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/buy/ Columbia Weather Systems http://www.columbiaweather.com/ Speranzas Weather Service http://www.weatherequipment.com/ Climatronics http://www.climatronics.com/ Davis Weather Stations http://www.davisnet.com/home_flash.asp ----------------------- In the case of weather system vendors, they install everything or use their own weather monitoring systems, and you call for them whenever you encounter a problem with the service or product. If the company has good technical support, there should be less headaches but it will cost a lot more than if you bought and integrate all the systems by yourself. The following vendor websites also do not generally show prices and systems cost since these things vary depending on the difficulty of a task. Just like when you want to implement configured software in your business. The following are a list of vendors: Meteorological Solutions Inc. http://www.metsolution.com/ About the company http://www.metsolution.com/aboutmsi.htm Contact Information http://www.metsolution.com/contact_us.htm Services http://www.metsolution.com/services.htm Current Projects http://www.metsolution.com/projects.htm ------------------------ Campbell Scientific Inc. http://www.campbellsci.com/ Agriculture Weather Services http://www.campbellsci.com/centers/ag.html Campbell Africa Office Contact Information http://www.campbellsci.com/africa.html ------------------------ Climate Data Services http://www.metdata.com/ Contact Information http://www.metdata.com/companyinfo.htm ----------------------- Custom Weather http://www.metdata.com/companyinfo.htm Products and Services http://www.metdata.com/companyinfo.htm Contact Information http://www.metdata.com/companyinfo.htm ---------------------- DynCorp Solutions http://dynis.is.dyncorp.com/markets/weather.html About DynCorp http://dynis.is.dyncorp.com/visitors/index.html ------------------------ Enterprise Electronics Corporation http://www.eecradar.com/ Products and Services http://www.eecradar.com/products.htm Contact Information http://www.eecradar.com/contact_infomation.htm ------------------------ Marty Systems Inc. (They also serve international markets like Columbia and Peru) http://www.martasys.com/index.htm Corporate Information http://www.martasys.com/corporate.htm Products and Services http://www.martasys.com/service.htm Contact Information http://www.martasys.com/contact.htm ------------------------- AWS is somewhat different since it already has the mechanics working and you just pay for the data and display systems that you wish to use. AWS Home Page http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/default.asp About AWS http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/asp/about.asp Contact Info: http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/asp/contact.asp ---------------------------------- Meridian Environmental Technology http://www.meridian-enviro.com/ Agricultural Weather Products http://www.meridian-enviro.com/products/ag.html ------------------------------------ NovaLynx Corp. http://www.novalynx.com/index.html Products and Services http://www.novalynx.com/products.html Contact Information http://www.novalynx.com/contact.html Search terms used: Commercial weather systems products Agriculture soil moisture measurements I hope this is what you were looking for. Please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if you would need further information. I wish you luck on the project. Thanks for being a part of Google Answers! Regards, Easterangel-ga
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