Solar Data Advice

[madpenguin8]

Hello group, I'm an iTouch developer and I was looking for some advice on what data to include in my free solar monitoring app. I am getting ready to release version 1.3 and if I can get any feature requests that are easy enough to add on I would like to include them in this upcoming version.

Here is a link to the app.
itunes.apple.com/us/app/isolseek/id395321191?mt=8

Here is my changelog of what I will be including in the upcoming release.

Allow comparing of current and previous updated image.
Added gauges for solar wind data.
Added X-Ray flux data.
Added Geomagnetic tab for geomagnetic specific data.
Added Kp index data with gauges.
Added Interplanetary Magnetic Field data.
Added Planetary Ap Index.
Make navigation controls slightly larger for easier touching.
Fixed bug where view moves up when tab bar fades in while zoomed.
Hide status bar when zoomed for fullscreen viewing.
Added in app emailing of geomagnetic and space weather data.
Added cancel button for image updates.

I would like to get some advice / feedback since the app store does not have a good way to talk to users to make improvements. My app is completely free and I write it strictly as a pass time. I enjoy solar observing and programming as hobbies and I know that some people are looking for different data than others including myself.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

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[lsvalgaard]

May 5, 2011 23:20:25 GMT madpenguin8 said:

Hello group, I'm an iTouch developer and I was looking for some advice on what data to include in my free solar monitoring app. I am getting ready to release version 1.3 and if I can get any feature requests that are easy enough to add on I would like to include them in this upcoming version.

Here is a link to the app.
itunes.apple.com/us/app/isolseek/id395321191?mt=8

Here is my changelog of what I will be including in the upcoming release.

Allow comparing of current and previous updated image.
Added gauges for solar wind data.
Added X-Ray flux data.
Added Geomagnetic tab for geomagnetic specific data.
Added Kp index data with gauges.
Added Interplanetary Magnetic Field data.
Added Planetary Ap Index.
Make navigation controls slightly larger for easier touching.
Fixed bug where view moves up when tab bar fades in while zoomed.
Hide status bar when zoomed for fullscreen viewing.
Added in app emailing of geomagnetic and space weather data.
Added cancel button for image updates.

I would like to get some advice / feedback since the app store does not have a good way to talk to users to make improvements. My app is completely free and I write it strictly as a pass time. I enjoy solar observing and programming as hobbies and I know that some people are looking for different data than others including myself.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Lots of good data here: wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pages/

[bradk]

The link provided by Dr. Svalgaard is good, but it misses pretty big in that it does not lead or easily provide the two headline numbers people like to see daily - the solar flux and the sunspot number - making this site a better guide for you.

[madpenguin8]

Thanks Dr. Svalgaard for the link, I will research it today. One question for bradk, by solar flux do you mean 10.7cm radio flux? I know sometimes terminology can be different for the same thing. If it is 10.7cm then I already have this covered.

We have many ideas we would like to put together and I want to put what most people monitor at the top of my list. Thanks for the input and we will keep checking.

[bradk]

Yup.

[munimunie]

Where can I get the list of solar flares activity (hard flares) for this current year? From January till now. I'm trying to find it through the internet.

[jcarels]

Have a look at these sites:
www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/index.html
www.solarmonitor.org/
ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/SOLAR_DATA/SOLAR_FLARES/FLARES_XRAY/2011/XRAY2011

[madpenguin8]

OK everyone, I've updated my app with quite a few new features. Feel free to grab a copy of it at itunes.apple.com/us/app/isolseek/id395321191?mt=8

[justsomeguy]

Got anything for Android? A complete lack there to.

[madpenguin8]

We are considering droid. We are currently working on some new features for 1.4 including image overlays and image filters so most of our development time is being committed to that.

[france]

who can tell me what unit is on these data www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/correlation/solar.data