Apr 3, 2012
Live, Interactive Wind Energy Map is a Thing of Beauty
Two of Google’s finest, Fernanda B. Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, have created an interactive map of the country’s wind energy that is both hypnotic and hopeful. The map uses data from the National Digital Forecast Database to provide hourly visual updates of wind patterns and speed across the U.S.
The creators made the map to illustrate that “an invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future.” That’s the hopeful part. Looking at all of the wind energy churning around the country is enough to make anyone excited about installing wind turbines wherever we can.
Viégas and Wattenberg would like to eventually map more regions and even the entire globe if they can find suitable sources of live wind data. Click here to see the map in real time.
via CleanTechnica
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