StrikeStar Lightning Network

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 16/01/2006 15:47

StrikeStar is a client-server system which allows multiple Boltek detectors running Nexstorm to form a lightning location network.

Thanks to the efforts of John, the owner of the Miramar stormtracker, the three NZ detectors have been added to the Australian StrikeStar server.

You can see the results here - the maps are updated every five minutes.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Mon 16/01/2006 16:35

Saw it a few days ago.. looks great!!

Now just send us some storms!

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Tue 17/01/2006 09:26

Looks great Steven.

Now just send us some storms!

Probably afternoon showers inland around this weekend.

squid · Unread post by **squid** » Tue 17/01/2006 19:04

sounds great have u any links to it

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 17/01/2006 20:53

It would be good to get a sTormTracker in Dunedin, then we should get the whole country covered

JohnGaul
NZTS

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Tue 17/01/2006 21:23

squid wrote:sounds great have u any links to it

The word here in my first post is a clickable link to http://www.sphere.net.au/strikestarau/

A few more stations would help - somewhere further west on the South Island e.g. Te Anau and east on the North like Gisborne would be better for triangulation.

We're lucky that Sphere Innovative Technologies in Australia are letting us use their server with the help of Relko of Astrogenics who developed Nexstorm and the StrikeStar system.