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Request for access to lightning data for a non-profit weather project - KrzysztofMaluha - 2026-01-25
Hello,
My name is Krzysztof Maluha, and I run a small, non-commercial weather website as a voluntary and charitable project.
The website is created purely for public benefit and educational purposes — it is free to use, contains no paid access, and does not generate any profit. Its goal is to help people better understand weather conditions, especially severe weather and thunderstorms.
I am currently working on a storm and precipitation map, and I am looking for a reliable way to visualize real lightning activity. Unfortunately, I do not have the technical possibility to build and operate my own Blitzortung detector, and there are no other free and trustworthy sources of live lightning data available.
Therefore, I would like to kindly ask whether it would be possible to grant limited access to lightning data for this non-profit project, or to advise me on any acceptable way to use Blitzortung data in a public, educational context.
If helpful, the website is available here:
pogodynka eu
I fully respect Blitzortung’s rules and understand that data access is restricted. Any guidance or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much for your time and for the incredible work you are doing.
Kind regards,
Krzysztof Maluha