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Offline Weather Spares

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Davis featuring at London Olympics 2012
« on: August 09, 2012, 05:19:21 PM »
Nice to see that Davis instruments have been used at the Olympic stadium.

There is a Davis Vantage Vue mounted near the press area/finish line measuring the wind speed and direction to ensure world records are valid :)
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Re: Davis featuring at London Olympics 2012
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 06:51:39 PM »
That's cool!  :grin:
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Re: Davis featuring at London Olympics 2012
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2012, 02:32:00 AM »
AWESOME! Can we access the data at all? I bet all the wind, rain and direction is a bit innacurate though due to it being in a stadium.

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Re: Davis featuring at London Olympics 2012
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2012, 06:20:03 AM »
They are not using a $279 all-in-one hobby weather station for the official records at the Olympics.

They use one or two of these. An ultrasonic gauge tied into the timing system.
http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product2_10152_10753_2003285_-1_2000425_2000372_2000372_ProductDisplayErrorView

Over $2000 a pop.  Mounted human level at start/finish and or in the middle of the straightaway.

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Quote from: ayde_bury on August 09, 2012, 05:19:21 PM
Nice to see that Davis instruments have been used at the Olympic stadium.

There is a Davis Vantage Vue mounted near the press area/finish line measuring the wind speed and direction to ensure world records are valid :)
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