https://deepearth.digital Environmental data platforms for climate and environmental teams. Technical articles, tutorials, and insights on building production-grade environmental software. en-gb Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:08:51 GMT https://deepearth.digital/brand/icons/pwa-512.png https://deepearth.digital © 2025 DeepEarth Digital Ltd go@deepearth.digital (Simon Vacher) go@deepearth.digital (Simon Vacher) Technology Environment Climate 1440 https://deepearth.digital/blog/uk-weather-apis-compared-developer-guide Complete comparison of UK weather APIs: Met Office, Open-Meteo, and alternatives. Features, pricing, accuracy, and recommendations for developers building weather applications. Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/uk-weather-apis-compared-developer-guide Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/noaa-sst-vs-copernicus-marine-ocean-data-comparison Compare NOAA Sea Surface Temperature and Copernicus Marine Service for ocean data. Temperature, currents, coverage, and use case recommendations for marine and climate applications. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/noaa-sst-vs-copernicus-marine-ocean-data-comparison Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/ukho-vs-environment-agency-coastal-data-comparison Compare UKHO Admiralty Tidal API and Environment Agency APIs for UK coastal data. Tidal predictions, flood warnings, water quality, and use case recommendations for coastal applications. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/ukho-vs-environment-agency-coastal-data-comparison Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/met-office-vs-open-meteo-weather-api-comparison Compare Met Office DataPoint API and Open-Meteo for UK weather data. Feature comparison, pricing, use cases, and recommendations for developers building weather applications. Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/met-office-vs-open-meteo-weather-api-comparison Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/open-meteo-free-weather-api-guide Complete guide to Open-Meteo\ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/open-meteo-free-weather-api-guide Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/noaa-sea-surface-temperature-api How we built the Earth Data API to serve NOAA OISST v2.1 sea surface temperature data. Covers NetCDF processing, xarray, spatial filtering, and production deployment. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/noaa-sea-surface-temperature-api Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/building-climate-monitoring-dashboard How we built Climate Watch Global for Greenpeace. Architecture decisions, data pipeline design, and lessons learned building production climate monitoring systems. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/building-climate-monitoring-dashboard Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/environment-agency-api-pollution-alerts Integrate Environment Agency data for sewage discharge alerts, flood warnings, and water quality monitoring. Essential for any UK environmental application. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/environment-agency-api-pollution-alerts Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/blog/ukho-tidal-api-guide How to integrate UK Hydrographic Office tidal predictions into your applications. Covers API setup, data formats, and combining tides with weather for coastal safety. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/blog/ukho-tidal-api-guide Blog Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/earth-data-api FAIR-aligned environmental datasets served via API. Starting with high-value UK sources including Met Office, UKHO, and Environment Agency data. Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/earth-data-api Products Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/projects#coastwise UK coastal safety platform combining Met Office weather, UKHO tides, and Environment Agency pollution data. Built by a lifeboat crew member. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/projects#coastwise Projects Simon Vacher https://deepearth.digital/projects#climate-watch Global monitoring, alerting, and mapping dashboards for a mission-led organisation. Real-time climate data processing with satellite integration. Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://deepearth.digital/projects#climate-watch Projects Simon Vacher