Hello.

My name is Krzysztof. I am a software developer and a student at the Silesian University of Technology. For several years, I have been developing a system for detecting lightning strikes in long video recordings, as a tool to facilitate the work of storm chasers, researchers and software developers. This project has become the subject of my engineering thesis. As part of my master's thesis, which I am currently working on, I am creating a system that involves continuous detection of lightning strikes on video streams from cameras, which will allow for the approximation of the location of a lightning strike.

I wanted to ask if it is possible to obtain raw detection coordinates with timestamps in order to compare these results in my master's thesis.

I saw that on the Blitzortung website, you can only access raw data if you are a contributor, so unfortunately, I do not have access to this data (I was considering joining the project, but there are already detectors in my area, so I don't know if it makes sense). Unfortunately, the historical data I can obtain on LightningMaps is also in the form of a map (without the coordinates and timestamps I need).

Thank you in advance, and I look forward to your response or suggestions on where I could obtain such data.

Best regards, Krzysztof

Hello everyone, 
I managed to get the Green PCB 4 Version 3. 2008 system. Does anyone still have software that supports this PCB??? There are newer versions on the compendium page and it doesn't work for this PCB.......I am very grateful for any valuable advice.......regards Erik            

Is there any statistic on the total number of lightning strikes (per year, per day, or overall) besides what’s shown on lightningmaps.org, which is very unclear?
I’m using lightning data to experiment with DuckDB and would like to know the average number of strikes per year/overall to estimate how much storage the data will require.
I haven’t been able to find detailed numbers.
lightningmaps.org says that they have stored ~50Mio strikes. But over which timefratme?
If no official stats exist, does anyone have an estimate from their own projects?

I would be super thankful for any info. 
Thanks for any replies.

Hi everyone,
I’m new to the forum and still learning how the Blitzortung/LightningMaps system works, so I hope this is an appropriate place to ask. I’m considering setting up my first H-field station in a fairly dense urban area, and I’m trying to understand what kind of antenna placement would give the best results.
My main concern is electrical noise. I live in an apartment building with plenty of nearby power lines, elevators, and general broadband interference. I’ve read that proper antenna orientation and distance from buildings can make a big difference, but I’m still uncertain about what is “good enough” before I invest in a kit.
A few questions:

1. How far from a building wall or metal balcony should an H-field antenna ideally be placed to reduce noise pickup?
   
2. Does height matter more than horizontal distance from electrical sources?
   
3. Would placing the antenna on a rooftop help, or can rooftop equipment (HVAC, solar inverters) actually make interference worse?
   
4. Are there any practical noise-testing steps I can do before buying hardware?
   

Greetings!

Station 3227 here. Would it be possible to upgrade my status to "participant"? Thank you in advance; I'm looking forward to contributing to the network.
I have two separate logins (one from long ago to enter the hardware list and one recent when i got the unit), both with the username Asobig en the same password, but i can't access the 'closed' forums.

Asobig

Hi all,
why can't the signal.php file be displayed?
Thanks

Hi All,

I'm looking to track down the owner of the Blitzortung website. Is Egon the owner? I have a proposal I would like to share?

Best,
Tim

Hello,

I'm a new user with a new station built (3236), please could my accounts be linked and this account be upgraded to a 'participant'?
I tried linking them and it didn't work.

Thank you!

Moin!

Der Grundsatz lautet ja eigentlich: 'Wer Tippfehler findet, darf sie behalten.'

Ich möchte trotzdem einmal mitteilen, dass sich auf der VectorMap-Seite ein Tippfehler bei dem PopUp-Feld für die einzelnen Stationen ein Tippfehler eingeschlichen hat.

Bei "Statistik für Benutzer: xxx" wurde das 'z' vergessen.



Es beeinflusst keine Funktion und stört potentiell nur empfindliche Augen.   


#Offtopic: Ich möchte an der Stelle einmal die sehr gelungene VectorMap loben! Ich nutze diese sehr gern! 

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I have a question, and I don't mean to be antagonistic.  I am a sailor. I have been sailing around the globe for many years and I try to use all of the available information to me to inform my decision making.  In the tropics,  particularly near the equator, lightning is a very real risk.  I have had three strikes within 200m of me, and a direct strike is on the order of $50,000USD and 1 year of time to repair.  I know four friend boats that have been hit.  

My question is this - and please if you have something to contribute, talk about independent observations to calculated results.  Not about "here's the math for the calculated result"

How is  accuracy measured with this platform?  In simple terms - if there is a set of data that represents real actual strikes  or cloud-to-cloud - position and time that we've used to validate?