An App, which collects data and shows weather related information (e.g. duration of rain showers) but also predicts the weather in the Netherlands

Type of content: Assets
Type of asset:
Application
Big data potential
Yes
Policy domains: Environment & Energy
Phase in the policy cycle:
Policy Design and Analysis
TRL
8
Implementation/customisation cost
Low
Open license availability
Yes
Ease of use
High
Tags: Predictive analytics Real time information
SWOT Analysis for
Buienalarm
Helpful Harmful
Internal
Strengths• Easy to use
• User-friendly interface
• Provides weather related information (e.g. duration of rain showers)
• Predicts the weather
Weaknesses• Web site-apps’ traffic is not consistent, because as long as weather is normal, people simply seem to ignore weather.
External
Opportunities• Include articles or info related to weather such as travel tips, in order to attract more hits. Threats• High competition. There are lots of global weather forecasting sites-apps.

Comments

This is an extremely useful and practical app and it is interesting to see how it could be used in next generation policy making.

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