4 hours ago
(Yesterday, 04:46)GeezerD Wrote: South America and Africa have really low location rates as well, considering how well represented they are with other lightning detection networks. Blitzortung seems very biased towards northern and and western hemisphere detections.
Indeed
My attempt to plug a hole as big as a continent is not yet very effective. Some more detectors (mini+ferrite) are ready to be deployed but I still need to find some collaborative host with electricity and internet. The last constraint is even harder than I though in the region I'm trying to cover.
I feel like the MCG (Max Circular Gap) defined at 270° is the main limiting factor, more than the pure distance. Not very precise math, but with 2 detectors, increasing the MCG to 300° would increase the max distance by ~73%. This would make a bid difference. The system will likely be less precise in other scenario
No plan for Thailand, but in central Africa, I'll keep pushing and deploying some more (and tuning, I know, I know, ...)
Marc