2005
MicroTrac™

In 2005, VIPIR gained a new localized storm tracking ability, the patented and patent-pending MicroTrac, which was designed to maximize the recognition opportunities presented by the advent of 1-meter aerial mapping. The system zooms into the base of each storm and pans slowly across the storm track's center line, allowing the user to display instantly recognizable landmarks such as schools and hospitals, in context to the storm.

MicroTrac is a great tool for hyper-local storm coverage, particularly when paired with 1-meter aerial mapping. Beginning with any SCIT-based storm track, the capability automatically zooms into a street-level view of the community, showing specific landmarks likely to be affected.

MicroTrac is a great tool for hyper-local storm coverage, particularly when paired with 1-meter aerial mapping. Beginning with any SCIT-based storm track, the capability automatically zooms into a street-level view of the community, showing specific landmarks—schools and churches, for example—likely to be affected.