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WSI Corporation was founded in 1978 and is headquartered
in Andover, MA, with offices in Birmingham, England. WSI employs
over 200 professionals, 40% of whom are meteorologists. WSI was
the first private weather company to computerize raw weather data
and package it into customized formats in 1978. WSI now delivers
state-of-the-art systems and value-added weather solutions designed
to meet the intense operations and planning demands off professionals
in a variety of increasingly competitive and cost sensitive industries.
Today, WSI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Landmark
Communications, Inc., a privately held media company based in Norfolk,
VA with interests in newspapers, television broadcasting, cable
programming and electronic publishing. Organizationally WSI is part
of The Weather Channel Companies, which includes The Weather Channel®,
weather.com and WSI — all owned by Landmark. As such, WSI
is a part of the largest private weather company in the world...with
the expertise and resources to continually lead the way in forecast
accuracy and innovation.
Each day, WSI's weather-driven business solutions
are put to the test by thousands of professionals around the world
in the aviation, energy, media, retail industries, along with officials
in government agencies and the military.
| WSI has been first with a steady stream
of innovations, including: |
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Developing a national US radar mosaic that is
updated every five minutes. |
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Creating value-added charts from raw computer
model data. |
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Offering the marketplace the first international
satellite imagery. |
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Developing the first digital satellite network
for briefing pilots. |
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Providing the first complete, up-to-the-minute,
fully-produced weather shows to television stations. |
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Developing a professional systems-level product
to track hurricanes and typhoons. |
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