Zomato launches India’s first crowd-supported weather infrastructure

New Delhi: Zomato has launched India’s first crowd-supported weather infrastructure which will provide real-time information on key weather parameters.

“Excited to unveil India’s first crowd-supported weather infrastructure, http://weatherunion.com A proprietary network of 650+ on-ground weather stations, it is the largest private infrastructure of its kind in our country” Zomato said.

These weather stations, developed by Zomato, provide localised, real-time information on key weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and rainfall.

“Currently available across 45 large cities, we are expanding this in other Indian cities very soon,” it said.

This rich data holds significant potential in unlocking weather use cases for enterprises and research institutes. Having already collaborated with CAS – IIT Delhi, we expect more institutions and companies to benefit from this and contribute towards the greater good of our economy.

At Zomato, it was crucial for us to have access to precise and real-time weather information to make the right business decisions to serve our customers better. Hence, we took it upon ourselves to develop a solution capable of empowering us on this front.

We are now opening up free access to this (through an API) to all institutions and companies in the country. Wait. What? Free? Really? Yes, we believe that this data is too valuable to keep to ourselves or to monetise; therefore, as a Zomato Giveback, we are opening up access to this data to everyone for the public good. Multiple companies and public institutions should real-time weather data, to boost the productivity of our economy.

Also, a lot of Zomato employees have hosted weather stations at their homes. As we look forward to further expanding this infrastructure, we welcome volunteers who want to provide us space on their premises to install these weather stations and contribute to nation-building.