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Created on Jun 4, 2025

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Add FDI map view

FDI map on the Map Views would be extremely helpful for firefighting operators. We currently use Windy for this.

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    Avinet Helpdesk
    Jun 12, 2025

    Hi there, and thanks for putting this request in. I will reach out to Windy to discuss API access and commercial licensing terms. We currently use Baron Weather however they only cover Fire data for USA.

    I believe some of Windy's data comes from NASA via FIRMS, and they do offer global coverate. I found they have a page with KMZ URLs which you can load as custom maps layers in our application today. Please check these out in case they are of interest/value: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/kml_fire_footprints/
    Whilst this may be of some value, I note that we currently only refresh KML/KMZ URLs when that layer is toggled on, so this would need to be done periodically to keep the data current unfortunately.

    Regards

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