Localism beats global forecasts

Weather forecasts are a good example of how new opportunities can arise even in an 'actually' overstaffed market i.e. there are

Global weather models (on which most weather forecasts are based) do not take local weather effects sufficiently into account. In the mountains, e.g. wind force, wind direction and thermals can vary completely within a few kilometres, which is of crucial importance for flying and sailing. The regional limitations of global weather models will not be significantly improved in the future either. On the other hand, there is the experience of locals or athletes, who are much better able to judge the special features of 'their' areas. This is currently usually done in relevant forums in the form of 'prose'. UNITED-PAGES offers a platform where every participant (even without an own web server infrastructure) can offer a weather forecast in a structured form (air-UNIT).

The market potential for weather applications is large. Weather data in the format of a UNITED-PAGES-UNIT (air-UNIT) can be integrated into existing weather applications, but can also be the basis for new (sport) weather apps.