Free support services are said to ease the way. Van der Heide, Dutch manufacturer and system integrator of lightning protection and location equipment and related services. Offers online services for the Benelux region including lightning display, notification, analysis. Can detect and track thunderstorms up to 300 miles away, right from your personal computer.
Preview shows full color images of lightning in the Mojave Desert.
Real photos of lightning with no computer enhancements show ligtning and the desert landscape. Explains lightning protection from a capacitance standpoint. Information and links to lightning detection networks across Europe. View real-time maps of lightning activity in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Slovenia. Animations, pictures and discussion of strange atmospheric or lightning phenomena.