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ask – Innovative Visualisierungslösungen GmbH

WHAT WE DO

ask – Innovative Visualisierungslösungen GmbH delivers tools and services tailored for a great variety of international customer groups. We specialize in visualization, broadcast computer graphics and the automated generation of documents. Our primary areas of focus are meteorological data and applications for the governmental and private sectors. Our solutions cover,

  • Media Production –Some of the most technically advanced weather graphics systems; for daily use in broadcast, and across a wide range of media platforms.

  • Data Distribution – Collate and disseminate fully-audited weather data across the globe, from reliable sources worldwide.

  • Meteorological Workstations – Collaborating in the creation of the next generation of weather analysis solutions.

  • Aviation – Highly responsive tools for Air Traffic Controllers, to support pilots from initial flight planning through to a safe landing

  • Self-briefing – Solutions for weather self-briefing,within aviation and maritime navigation.

  1. WORKFLOW ANALYSIS

    Our scientific consultants and software developers will identify your requirements and develop your use cases.

  2. SOLUTION DESIGN

    We will work with you to design an innovative, state-of-the-art solution for your needs.

  3. IMPLEMENTATION

    We will work with your team to implement our highly accurate software solutions for a great variety of fields and media platforms.

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  • trivisWS logo
  • trivisTOUCH logo
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PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY.

We focus on developing easy-to-use, professional tools for the representation of sophisticated weather situations in 2D and 3D. Our solutions deliver directly to a wide variety of media platforms, and work with 4k formats. They are designed to assure reliable automatic production – 24/7.

  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT

    We make our customers’ unique concepts and requests come to life. Our sophisticated project management tools and highly motivated project teams enable our customers to accomplish their projects successfully.

  • CUSTOMISED DESIGN

    Our team of designers will create your unique weather design. Your brand can benefit from a great variety of features like our Virtual Studio interface, touch-screen control via trivisTOUCH real-time forecast display with TrivisPlay… and much more.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

What does ask do?

ask – Innovative Visualisierungslösungen GmbH develops software and services for the processing and visualisation of meteorological, climatological and cartographic data. Our focus is on weather graphics for broadcast and all media platforms, data distribution and meteorological workstations – for governmental and private customers.

Who are ask’s customers?

Our customers include ten national and several commercial weather services, EUMETSAT and the German TV channel ZDF. Some of them, like Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), have been with us since the beginning.

What is TriVis Weather Graphix?

TriVis Weather Graphix is our weather graphics system for broadcast, online, social media and print. It has been used in on-air weather productions every day since December 1992 and is operated around the globe, from Scandinavia to South Africa and from the Caribbean to Asia.

How did ask start?

ask was founded in 1995 in Darmstadt. It emerged from a research project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics with Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hessischer Rundfunk and the Swedish weather service SMHI, which received the Fraunhofer Prize for Information Technology in 1995.

How does a project with ask work?

We start with a workflow analysis to identify your requirements, design the solution together with you and implement it with your team. Throughout the project, our project management and design teams make sure your concept comes to life – including a unique weather design for your brand.

Where is ask based?

Our headquarters is in Darmstadt, Germany. Since 2009 we have been located in the office building “The Eye”, from where we serve weather services, broadcasters and other customers around the world.

Does ask offer support and training?

Yes. Our staff members also work as consultants and provide hands-on support at the customer’s location. For turnkey solutions, we deliver on-site installation and a full training package, so that your team can work independently with our software.

EUMETView map viewer showing the H-SAF H40 precipitation estimate over Europe on a satellite image

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Colourful anniversary painting with a large “30”, the ask logo on a hot-air balloon and a rainbow, behind a cake decorated with the ask logo

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This year marks a truly special milestone for us—30 years of ask – Innovative Visualisierungslösungen GmbH. For three decades, we’ve proudly led the way in meteorological graphics, growing into the world’s longest-operating independent […]