PressureNET

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| logo = File:PressureNET icon.png

| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011|10|08}}{{cite web | title = Announcing pressureNET | url = http://www.cumulonimbus.ca/announcing-pressurenet/ | accessdate = 3 February 2013 | archive-date = 2 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130102153359/http://www.cumulonimbus.ca/announcing-pressurenet/ | url-status = live }}

| latest release version = 3.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2013|01|31}}

| programming language = Java

| operating system = Android

| license = GNU General Public License{{cite web | title = pressureNET Repository at GitHub | website = GitHub | url = https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNET | accessdate = 26 March 2013 | archive-date = 29 January 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170129211107/https://github.com/JacobSheehy/pressureNET | url-status = live }}

| website = http://www.pressurenet.io/

}}

PressureNET was a crowd-sourced reporting network for barometric pressure data.

It worked by having many users install it on cell phones having air pressure sensors (barometers) and GPS sensors. Once the location was known from the GPS data, it was able to send messages back to the server with the air pressure for that location on Earth. With enough users running the application it was possible to create useful, global pressure data. It used open source software running on Android phones, to collect data from locations around the world. The data was available on a public website.{{cite web | url = http://www.technologyreview.com/news/510626/app-feeds-scientists-atmospheric-data-from-thousands-of-smartphones/ | title = App Feeds Scientists Atmospheric Data from Thousands of Smartphones | work = MIT Technology Review | date = 1 February 2013 | first = Nancy | last = Gohring | accessdate = 1 February 2013 | archive-date = 2 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130202025956/http://www.technologyreview.com/news/510626/app-feeds-scientists-atmospheric-data-from-thousands-of-smartphones/ | url-status = live }}{{cite news | last = Kar | first = Saroj | title = PressureNET: Android Open CrowdSourced Weather Network | url = http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/12/03/pressurenet-android-open-crowdsourced-weather-network/ | newspaper = SiliconANGLE | date = 3 December 2012 | access-date = 21 January 2013 | archive-date = 26 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201147/http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/12/03/pressurenet-android-open-crowdsourced-weather-network/ | url-status = live }}{{cite news | last = Gohring | first = Nancy | title = Android app could help scientists predict the weather | url = https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/08/android-weather-app | newspaper = Wired | date = 8 January 2013 | access-date = 21 January 2013 | archive-date = 13 April 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160413031109/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/08/android-weather-app | url-status = live }}{{cite news | last = Beeler | first = Carolyn | title = Sandy silver lining: Storm helped app developers inch closer to 'nowcasting' weather | url = http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/49316 | newspaper = NewsWorks | date = 8 January 2013 | access-date = 21 January 2013 | archive-date = 21 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130121150925/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/49316 | url-status = live }}{{cite news |title=Смартфоны помогут прогнозировать погоду |trans-title=Smartphones help predict the weather |url=http://hitech.vesti.ru/news/view/id/1092 |access-date=21 January 2013 |newspaper="Вести" интернет-газета" |date=17 January 2013 |archive-date=20 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120203720/http://hitech.vesti.ru/news/view/id/1092 |url-status=live}}

With the announcement in September 2014 that the first apple device with a barometer (iPhone 6) was to be released, work started on an edition of the app for that platform{{Cite web |url=https://pressurenet.cumulonimbus.ca/blog/iphone-6-has-barometer/ |title=Squarespace – Claim This Domain |access-date=24 September 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023939/https://pressurenet.cumulonimbus.ca/blog/iphone-6-has-barometer/ |url-status=live }} The Sunshine app beta testing began to get some publicity in 2015.{{cite web| url =https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535761/hows-the-weather-there-crowdsourcing-app-promises-better-forecasts/| title =How's the Weather There? Crowdsourcing App Promises Better Forecasts| accessdate =7 February 2018| archive-date =9 November 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181109051105/https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535761/hows-the-weather-there-crowdsourcing-app-promises-better-forecasts/| url-status =live}}{{cite web| url =http://theweek.com/articles/546980/app-wants-revolutionize-way-think-about-weather| title =This app wants to revolutionize the way you think about weather| accessdate =7 February 2018| archive-date =8 February 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123822/http://theweek.com/articles/546980/app-wants-revolutionize-way-think-about-weather| url-status =live}}

The Android App website still exists, and the app source code is still available on GitHub;{{cite web | title = PressureNet.io | url = http://www.pressurenet.io/ | accessdate = 27 April 2016 | archive-date = 4 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160504053333/http://www.pressurenet.io/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | title = PressureNet at Google Play | url = https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork | accessdate = 27 April 2016 | archive-date = 25 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925145618/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork | url-status = live }} however, as of January 2016 there is no support for the Android app, and the iOS app is not free open source software as the PressureNet app was. {{ cite web | title=PressureNet is joining Sunshine | url=https://www.pressurenet.io/ | accessdate=7 February 2018 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927194038/https://www.pressurenet.io/ | archivedate=27 September 2015 }} PressureNet was acquired by Sunshine in early 2016.{{cite web | url =http://vator.tv/news/2016-02-06-m-a-roundup-week-ending-2-6-16 | title =M&A roundup – week ending 2/6/16 | date =6 February 2016 | accessdate =7 February 2018 | archive-date =9 February 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180209002835/http://vator.tv/news/2016-02-06-m-a-roundup-week-ending-2-6-16 | url-status =live }}