Omnisat are using the Worldspace satellite radio to provide a number of data information services around Europe, one of which is a weather service. MIDAS are providing the weather data, which is sent to their system and broadcast as GRIB and JPEG files to all subscribers via satellite radio. The big benefits of satellite radio are that there are no data communication charges, and no problems with being out of mobile phone range.

Midas Weather worked with Omnisat to provide a specification for the set of GRIB and JPEG files required to provide coverage within the Worldspace satellite's coverage area. These are then automatically created on the Midas Weather server, and pushed out to the Omnisat server via ftp, from where they are broadcast to their customers.

Contact details:

www.omni-sat.com

info@omni-sat.com

Tel. +1 (703) 406-5644