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NOAA
provides free weather information from numerous buoys located around the
US. You do have to run through some "link hoops" to get there, but once
you do it's pretty easy to navigate. I don't recall if they have current
information, but they do have atmospheric info, wave height, and water temp that
is captured every hour. I watch them when hurricanes pass through various
areas. Sounds like you might be looking to provide more detail than
NOAA, but I'm not sure. Can you expand on your idea?
Jon
The more I think about it, the more I'm
starting to like the idea of switching captovis (my business) over to a
non-profit organization for underwater research. With the task of advancing
marine technology and building a data warehouse of information... As well as
"semi open patent" for my robotics. I.E. Patents would belong to the org while
being open licensed to anyone that wants to use them. Why would tech be
patented then? To prevent "Trolls" or companies that patent and hold patent
portfolios from getting their hands on the technology for litigation for
profit purposes. It would allow anyone and everyone to use the technology and
(I hope) further advance marine tech. I'd also like to put out "data stations"
or fixed nodes throughout various areas that collected data such as current
speed and direction, water temp etc. and make that data open to
everyone.
I'm wondering if something like this would be something
people would volunteer their time for or would be interested in the end
product, I'm thinking that I would have to have a minimum infrastructure of
full/part time people/ contractors to fill in specialty positions (Lawyers,
Maybe a divemaster/director of divers, an admin) I don't think anyone of the
paid people would get very rich doing it either... well, maybe the lawyers,
I've never met a "cheap" lawyer.
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