National Center of Meteorology of United Arab Emirates is the most innovative provider of meteorological, seismological, and atmospheric research information among the GCC countries.
Smooth weather visualizations
Rain.ae is a new weather service that uses cutting-edge technology developed in R&D cooperation between MapTiler and NCM UAE.
The smooth weather visualizations show wind and wave movements where particles change course as the wind starts blowing from the other direction.
Visualization of gridded data is enhanced with the color-coding that highlights intensity values.
Weather visualization is optimized for desktop computers and touch devices like mobile phones or tablets.
Visualize 3D radar data on a map
Past, current, and future clouds’ movements above the UAE are displayed in an interactive 3D interface with animated data on a timeline. The visualization shows the exact location and density of clouds.
With the customization cutting tool, clouds can be visually inspected in detail because the data still contains all the information. The cloud’s inside structure can be shown by stripping other layers away for an even better estimate of precipitation. The cooperation between MapTiler and NCM is pushing state-of-the-art technology in the weather industry to a next-generation of in-browser animated weather data visualizations.
The cooperation between MapTiler and NCM is pushing state-of-the-art technology in the weather industry to a next-generation of in-browser animated weather data visualizations.
Weather data and aerial imagery processing
NCM trusted MapTiler to set up the whole stack process for the Rain.ae together with MapTiler Engine for the automatic processing of meteorological data.
Stunning aerial imagery of the entire UAE was processed using the same map tiling technology running on a cluster of computers.
Basemaps from MapTiler
The fully customizable maps allowed the creation of a unique and beautiful map style tailored to NCM's specific needs. The colors and fonts have been carefully selected to complement NCM's overall brand design. Map labels in both the Arabic and Latin alphabets ensure map accessibility for both local citizens and visitors from all over the world.
All non-weather-related map elements were removed to avoid the users' distraction from displaying the weather phenomena, and some other, like intermittent water bodies called Wadis in desert areas, were added.
Visualization for your weather website
We provide full stack
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Base maps
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Data processing workflow (GRIB2, NetCDF)
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JavaScript library for visualization
