How timely and reliable are HurricaneMappings datafeeds when tracking live storms?
HurricaneMapping uses automated processes to rapidly ingest NHC, CPHC, and JTWC advisories and prepare the forecast data for Google Earth and ArcGIS. New KML and Shapefile advisories packages are typically ready about 5 minutes after issuance. The NHC often posts advisories 15-30 minutes before the hour, meaning that we have them ready for retrieval from HurricaneMapping.com before the 5am, 11am, 5pm, and 11pm issuance times as well. We monitor our datafeeds 24/7 and are ready to intervene anytime there is an anomaly in the formatting of the issued advisories. You can expect the same gold standard of speed and reliability in HurricaneMapping’s datafeed to which users of HURREVAC, our flagship hurricane-tracking software program, are accustomed.
