@burpingtiger NOAA put in a congressional request to purchase an actual island for the purposes of science education, however, at the cost of one gazillion dollars the request was denied. If you have a spare island please let me know. In the meantime, I encourage you to write your elected representative to voice your opinion.
Love this place, went Geocaching here and got a crab! 3:18
But man, I miss weather island so much. I got a weather buoy from a builder there, Its now on Xstreet but with less prims. Ive got something rare, w00t!
It's fascinating, but I've just noticed that the runway designations are the wrong way round... Runway 27 should point west towards 270 degrees and Runway 09 should point east towards 090 degrees. Other than that it's brilliant!
Being NOAA what it is I found this surprising and went on a check and today (Apr 21st) it is correct: if you position yourself at the beginning of runway 27 you will be looking towards West... Perhaps they already corrected the problem?
Being a licensed USCG Master (Captain) I find this NOAA VR experience a fantastic tool. I use NOAA's weather pages to keep my passengers and crew safe by avoiding bad weather. Im happy to see NOAA taking the jump into the 3D world. You guys are fantastic to do this! Good job!
Good eyes! The windsock follows the Second Life wind model so it changes all the time. Also, since the runway is at the end of our land (reality) the plane can only land one direction.
I fail to understand why you would participate in this rather than the actual thing.
burpingtiger 1 year ago
@burpingtiger NOAA put in a congressional request to purchase an actual island for the purposes of science education, however, at the cost of one gazillion dollars the request was denied. If you have a spare island please let me know. In the meantime, I encourage you to write your elected representative to voice your opinion.
hackshaven 1 year ago
Love this place, went Geocaching here and got a crab! 3:18
But man, I miss weather island so much. I got a weather buoy from a builder there, Its now on Xstreet but with less prims. Ive got something rare, w00t!
RedDawnJensen 2 years ago
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MrSltaiwan 2 years ago
It's fascinating, but I've just noticed that the runway designations are the wrong way round... Runway 27 should point west towards 270 degrees and Runway 09 should point east towards 090 degrees. Other than that it's brilliant!
Spoolz07 3 years ago
Being NOAA what it is I found this surprising and went on a check and today (Apr 21st) it is correct: if you position yourself at the beginning of runway 27 you will be looking towards West... Perhaps they already corrected the problem?
jcfreitas1956 2 years ago
Jcfreitas,
The problem has been corrected. :-) Good eyes! I invite you to visit our island and verify it for yourself.
hackshaven 2 years ago
Being a licensed USCG Master (Captain) I find this NOAA VR experience a fantastic tool. I use NOAA's weather pages to keep my passengers and crew safe by avoiding bad weather. Im happy to see NOAA taking the jump into the 3D world. You guys are fantastic to do this! Good job!
captainjack63 4 years ago
Awesome
AnimexGuy 4 years ago
Hey Joeevjen,
Good eyes! The windsock follows the Second Life wind model so it changes all the time. Also, since the runway is at the end of our land (reality) the plane can only land one direction.
hackshaven 4 years ago
airplanes land upwind, not downwind (reverse the windsock.)
joeevjen 4 years ago
Very nice inspirational piece on what's possible in SL
roshgadol18 4 years ago
i just finished installing the game to lol
trechan 4 years ago
funny
wwwelfarerocom 5 years ago
Marvellous. Now just put in a flight service station so I can get my briefing. :)
HunsV 5 years ago