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# Apache Open Climate Workbench Reviews
**Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation  
**Category:** [GIS Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/gis)  
**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 4
## About Apache Open Climate Workbench
Apache Open Climate Workbench (OCW) is an open source software development project geared towards enabling climate model analysis and evaluation.




## Apache Open Climate Workbench Reviews
  ### 1. An accurate and fast software

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** luis s. | fotografo, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 08, 2023

**What do you like best about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

The precision in handling data, the information can be processed with a little study and the results seem quite good to me, it can still evolve much further

**What do you dislike about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

Sometimes it's a bit complicated to understand how to get started, there isn't much material to learn quickly. It takes time to know how to handle it properly

**What problems is Apache Open Climate Workbench solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The handling of data to be able to integrate it into a website, the module that can be quickly adapted

  ### 2. Evaluating climate using Apache Open Climate Workbench

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Farming | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2020

**What do you like best about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

Apache Open Climate Workbench is a software that takes as inputs a variety of different resources which are outputs from a variety of different sources such as ESGF(Earth System Grid Federation),  the U.S. National Climate Assessment, the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment, and the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program and temporal/spatial scales with remote sensing data from NASA, NOAA and other agencies and performs climate model evaluation. It has the capability of  metrics computation and visualization.

**What do you dislike about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

The Apache Open Climate Workbench software's UI is not very smooth and user friendly. The polishing could be better and it could be a little smooth. It sometimes takes time to open the maps and also display combined maps. 
Also the quality of images could be made even better. These points can be improved upon.

**Recommendations to others considering Apache Open Climate Workbench:**

Try to learn terminal commands while using it, it would be really helpful. Also first try to implement on your machine first and then try your hands on cloud.

**What problems is Apache Open Climate Workbench solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are trying to predict the climate change so that we can control our levels of production of our crops and yieldings that we have on our farm.

  ### 3. Define your human world project with this tool

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jaime P. | IT Service Desk Manager, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2018

**What do you like best about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

Free to use .
Windows, Linux platforms.
Python code.


**What do you dislike about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

The interface could be better, like the images in better quality.
Need to use console, so if you do not know terminal commands, is going to be difficult to use it even if you have a web UI.

**Recommendations to others considering Apache Open Climate Workbench:**

Try to implement in a localhost first, if you are accomodate to it, try to implement in the cloud.


**What problems is Apache Open Climate Workbench solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Knowing what countries use my services, i.e. who are getting hosting services and what they use for.
This is an advantage when we deliver the domains to the business so we can get the best hosting for them

  ### 4. Slick climate modeling tool

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Warehousing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2018

**What do you like best about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

I like that you can blend several climate simulations into one and have a compilation model

**What do you dislike about Apache Open Climate Workbench?**

usability is good, but it's not like using your iphone.  They could do a little polishing here.

**What problems is Apache Open Climate Workbench solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are trying to predict rain.  We've been slightly more accurate by adding Apache to our toolbox.


## Apache Open Climate Workbench Discussions
  - [What is Apache Open Climate Workbench used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-apache-open-climate-workbench-used-for)

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## Apache Open Climate Workbench Features
**Data Management**
- Data Capture
- Data Storage
- Data Manipulation
- Data Visualization

**Map Creation**
- Geocoding
- Buffer Zone Query
- Overlaying
- Publishing

**Analysis**
- Spatial Analysis
- Reporting 
- Real-Time Streaming 

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