Vlatua: Scouts & Adventurers Map
See Wildfires from Satellites, Track Flights, Quakes, Sharks
What it does
Last year, a wildfire came within 2 km of my home. I stayed sleepless up all night, ready to get everyone out the second it reached us. Every app I tried was hours behind.. the best was 3hrs late. So I emailed dozens of satellite companies, got commercial access and built Vlatua. Drop a circle anywhere on the map, your house, mother's home, your kids' school and it wakes you the moment fire crosses in (~10 min). Plus layers for quakes, live flights, sharks, aurora, icebergs, planets, meteors.
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