{"id":153,"date":"2023-11-09T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/?p=153"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:02:18","slug":"new-colour-uk-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"New Colour UK Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve introduced 3 new UK map products this autumn, two of which are now using colour LEDs.  Our large map has 768 LEDs, and our medium map has 512. Both can display a range of different environmental information, selectable on the product dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2-1024x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2-1024x361.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2-1536x542.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/maps2.jpg 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For precipitation, each LED varies in both colour and brightness, to give more accurate information about the type it&#8217;s displaying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intensity of the LEDs is directly related to how much of that part of the country is experiencing precipitation.&nbsp;&nbsp; So a bright LED means most of that area is experiencing precipitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The colour of that LED then relates to the most common type of precipitation in that area at that moment, from the above chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like our previous generation of maps, you can also enable animations, to show how the weather is progressing over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update for additional layers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud cover is represented on the board with varying intensity of white LEDs, over the range of 0% &#8211; 100% cloud cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wind is also represented using varying intensity of white LEDs, over a 0-200m\/s range <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experimental temperature layer uses the following colours (temepratures in \u00b0C)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-1024x205.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-768x154.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-1536x308.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.traintrackr.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Temperature-colours-traintrackr-2048x410.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve introduced 3 new UK map products this autumn, two of which are now using colour LEDs. 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