Bad data costs more
than good sensors.

MaxiMet is a self-contained all-in-one weather station. Everything you need, wind, temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation and solar radiation, is built into a single compact unit. It is designed for straightforward deployment: mount it, connect it, configure it. That makes it the right choice when ease of installation and low maintenance are the priority, whether the application is renewable energy, transport infrastructure, marine or remote monitoring.

MetConnect is a modular platform intended for professional networks and larger installations. It supports WMO siting recommendations, accommodates a wider range of sensor configurations and is designed to be expanded over time. National met services, research institutions and network operators typically specify MetConnect when the installation needs to evolve or when WMO compliance is a requirement from the outset.

The honest answer is maintenance. Cup anemometers have bearings that wear, vanes that seize and cups that ice over. In demanding or remote environments, these are not theoretical failure modes. They are the most common source of data quality problems in automatic weather station networks.

Gill's ultrasonic sensors have no moving parts. There is nothing to wear, nothing to ice over and nothing to replace on a schedule. For a station that has to keep producing reliable data between site visits, and especially for one in a remote or difficult location, that is a significant operational advantage. The measurement principle also responds faster to gusts and does not underestimate wind speed at low velocities the way cup anemometers can.

Yes, and in most cases without any custom engineering. Gill sensors support RS232, RS422, RS485, SDI-12, MODBUS and NMEA outputs as standard. That covers the majority of data loggers, SCADA platforms and telemetry systems in use across met networks, renewable energy sites and industrial monitoring applications.

Free configuration software is provided with Gill instruments, allowing output format, update rate and protocol to be set before deployment. If your system requires a non-standard output or a specific message format, contact Gill at the specification stage rather than after the hardware has been delivered.

Yes. WindObserver IS is available in intrinsically safe variants certified to IECEx, ATEX and UKEX for installation in explosive atmospheres. This covers industrial safety monitoring, chemical processing sites, offshore platforms and any application where hazardous area classification applies to the instrument location.

MaxiMet also has ATEX and IECEx certified variants for complete weather station deployment in hazardous areas. If you have a specific zone classification or area group requirement, confirm it with Gill before specifying. The approvals already held cover the most common classifications, but it is worth verifying against your site documentation.

A standard anemometer measures wind relative to the sensor. On a static mast that is sufficient. On a vessel that is pitching, rolling, turning and moving through the water, relative wind is not the same as true wind, and the difference matters for navigation, safety and any application where the data drives a decision.

MaxiMet Marine uses a 6-axis compass to measure pitch, roll and heading on every reading, then combines that with GPS speed and course over ground to compute true wind automatically. No additional processing. No separate correction software. The corrected true wind value is what comes out of the output. It is the reason MaxiMet Marine exists as a separate product from the standard MaxiMet.

For the wind measurement component, none from normal operation. No moving parts means no mechanical wear, no recalibration triggered by bearing or cup degradation, and no consumables to replace. That is by design, not coincidence. Gill instruments are specified precisely because they can be left in service in remote or difficult locations without routine visits.

For other sensors in a weather station setup, temperature, humidity and pressure sensors are sealed units with long service intervals. The specific maintenance requirements for each parameter sensor are covered in the product documentation and support materials provided with every instrument.

Yes. Share the application details: site type, location, parameters required, siting constraints, output format, power budget, and any environmental or certification requirements. From that, Gill can recommend the correct instrument or combination of instruments, the appropriate output configuration, and any options relevant to the site conditions.

Gill does not supply full weather station installations, but provides the precision measurement instruments at the core of the system alongside free configuration software, full documentation and direct support from the UK engineering team. For most projects, that is the part where the technical risk sits, and it is the part Gill has been doing for over 40 years.