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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Vol. 2 No. 4
I found a great tool for my frequent road trips; to both plot my course and provide me the weather forecast along the route. The tool, Road Trip Planner, can be found on the Weather Underground www.wunderground.com). For many years now, this site is always my first stop for weather-related information. You can find the Road Trip Planner by clicking on the Travel & Activities tab along the upper right top section of their home page. Or, you can just use the link I provided.
You start by entering in your waypoints and the date and time. Then simply click on the "Get Directions and Weather" button.
The Road Trip Planner returns the directions and the weather along the route.
Since it's powered by Google Maps, you can zoom in and out, and select from the various views such as map, satellite, hybrid and terrain(shown here).
The only downside I've found with this web application is, you are limited to only a 7-day look ahead. Truth be told, long-range weather forecasting accuracy is still unreliable. It's not a huge issue since I recommend checking weather data often because nature can change the game quickly.
This tool, coupled with The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE: Free Download) which I reviewed in early December 2009 (see post), provides valuable resource information for your next adventure. This is must have data for every landscape photographer.
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