{"slug": "zoom-earth", "name": "Zoom Earth", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.602, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2026-02-21", "latest": "2026-08-08", "why": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. 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Over the past 12 hours, the system completed another cyclonic loop and has decelerated, exhi", "context": "", "use_case": "Typhoon and cyclone tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones"}, {"id": 753854080, "item_id": 47115880, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47115880", "by": "sysworld", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://zoom.earth/ another great one.", "excerpt": "https://zoom.earth/ another great one.", "context": "", "use_case": "Interactive weather map", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xweather Live \u2013 Interactive global vector weather map"}, {"id": 753595824, "item_id": 47099739, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099739", "by": "kristopolous", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://zoom.earth/ handles that ... (I've got nothing to do with them btw... I just think it's good)", "excerpt": "mentioned this elsewhere, but https://zoom.earth/ handles that ... (I've got nothing to do with them btw... I just think it's good)", "context": "", "use_case": "Weather maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Acme Weather"}, {"id": 753594912, "item_id": 47099682, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099682", "by": "kristopolous", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too.", "excerpt": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too. https://zoom.earth/ Apparently it's by https://neave.com/ who looks like an indy developer out of london (according to this: https://neave.com/legal/privacy/) Also check https://earth.nullschool.net/ by https://github.com/cambecc", "context": "", "use_case": "weather map", "switched_from": "", "story": "Acme Weather"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["weather and cyclone tracking", "typhoon and cyclone tracking", "interactive weather map", "weather maps", "weather map"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220126", "title": "DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098296", "title": "Acme Weather", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111626", "title": "Xweather Live \u2013 Interactive global vector weather map", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 787544512, "item_id": 49221532, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221532", "by": "trescenzi", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "If you\u2019re just getting into this tropical tidbits[0] is my go to for more raw data. Less pretty than zoom earth but also an interesting place to see what the models are predicting on each of their runs which is then interesting to compare to actual forecast guidance. 1: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Weather and cyclone tracking", "switched_from": "", "story": "DeepMind's WeatherNext model achieves breakthrough forecasting cyclones"}, {"id": 787536400, "item_id": 49221025, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221025", "by": "jen729w", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "whose iPhone app is terrific", "excerpt": "I just discovered typhoon/cyclone predictions and they're insane. I get mine via https://zoom.earth (whose iPhone app is terrific). Here's a selection from Typhoon Dolphin, currently sitting off the east coast of China. Dolphin continues its slow, trochoidal Z motion, generally heading westward deeper into the East China Sea. 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I just think it's good)", "excerpt": "mentioned this elsewhere, but https://zoom.earth/ handles that ... (I've got nothing to do with them btw... I just think it's good)", "context": "", "use_case": "Weather maps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Acme Weather"}, {"id": 753594912, "item_id": 47099682, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099682", "by": "kristopolous", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too.", "excerpt": "Check out zoom.earth, found it recently. They have an app too. https://zoom.earth/ Apparently it's by https://neave.com/ who looks like an indy developer out of london (according to this: https://neave.com/legal/privacy/) Also check https://earth.nullschool.net/ by https://github.com/cambecc", "context": "", "use_case": "weather map", "switched_from": "", "story": "Acme Weather"}]}