Aurorasaurus
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About Aurorasaurus
Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up since 2012! Aurorasaurus is the world's first free mobile app to put citizen science and crowd-sourced (Twitter) ground truth observations of aurora on a real-time Google map along with weather and predictions for where the Northern Lights should be visible. When aurora occurs near you, we will let you know promptly and in simple language to increase your chances of spotting this beautiful, rare sight.
Additional features include the capability to register and receive location-based notifications, a real-time monitor of space weather activity, the capability to help verify tweets and search for real sightings, the answers to your questions, and more. We are free of charge and advertisements.
Aurorasaurus was built by scientists for the public--join our community and contribute today! Visit our full website at www.aurorasaurus.org for more information and to access our privacy policy. With Aurorasaurus, your privacy is protected and important to us! This project is funded by the National Science Foundation award AGS-1344296.
Additional features include the capability to register and receive location-based notifications, a real-time monitor of space weather activity, the capability to help verify tweets and search for real sightings, the answers to your questions, and more. We are free of charge and advertisements.
Aurorasaurus was built by scientists for the public--join our community and contribute today! Visit our full website at www.aurorasaurus.org for more information and to access our privacy policy. With Aurorasaurus, your privacy is protected and important to us! This project is funded by the National Science Foundation award AGS-1344296.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
New map features! More accurate oval and other new features for the map.
New map features! More accurate oval and other new features for the map.
More downloads Aurorasaurus reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Aurorasaurus was updated to version 1.0.9
More downloads Aurorasaurus reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Version update Aurorasaurus was updated to version 1.0.5
What are users saying about Aurorasaurus
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There really isn't any useful info. No forecasts, no current levels. The aurora map is disappointing now.
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The UI looks good at first glance, but is clunky and dysfunctional to use. Does not notify when one of the rare area aurorae is imminent or occurring. The twitter icons for anyone mentioning aurora is not well filtered. There are other uses of the word, like the city of Aurora, Oregon. Just makes for a cluttered map.
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What have you done to the map ??? What's the big Green blob mean? According to the legend. Not much chance, so why is it there?
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There really isn't any useful info. No forecasts, no current levels. The aurora map is disappointing now.
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Nice idea, needs work on the UX front.
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Trying to log in with my Twitter (as I did on the web version), I get an error page about too many redirects.
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All content too small, impossible to read anything. Can Anybody use this?
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Icons are huge, but print is small. The app looks like it goes to a webpage instead of being an actual app. Looks good but nearly impossible to us.
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Text is too small to be usable, immediately uninstalled
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Had to uninstall. :(
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Great way to learn about the aurora!
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Now all I need is a massive dose of solar radiation...
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The UI looks good at first glance, but is clunky and dysfunctional to use. Map center defaults to equator rather than user location. (If there is one area on Earth that does not need this app, it would be the equator!) Map uses non-standard gestures. Does not notify when one of the rare area aurorae is imminent or occurring. The twitter icons for anyone mentioning aurora is not well filtered. There are other uses of the word, like the city of Aurora, Oregon. Just makes for a cluttered map.