Awards & Nominations
Paara has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
VisEarth
High-Level Project Summary
Every second, millions of data are collected and sent to the earth by multiple satellites. Various professionals can use these data for research and work, which fuels innovation and growth. For that, these data have to be made more readable and understandable to draw insights from them. Our product, VisEarth, makes the process highly dynamic and effective using a 3D Earth model, data representation tools, and location-specific multiple data sets. As a result, our tool serves a broad audience that includes researchers, scholars, and teachers, as well as casual users who wish to gain insights from the most detailed data.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
What exactly does it do?
VisEarth extends on the open-source Earth project from “Null School” https://earth.nullschool.net/. Earth provides a 3d model of the Earth and overlays it with color-coded maps to visualize temperature, wind, and similar weather data. However, upon thorough brainstorming and a brief survey, our team realized that the app doesn’t provide any productive use of the data. Hence, we developed VisEarth. It fetches the data from weather APIs while also using the ones already being used in the “Earth” (referring to the app we have extended). In addition, we have equipped VisEarth with visualization tools so that users can draw better insights by analyzing historical trends of various weather data types.
Moreover, our visualization tools are dynamic and updated according to user requirements.
How does it work?
Upon opening our software, a user sees a globe color-coded and animated according to the weather data. Now, the user can either click on any point of the globe or manually latitude, longitude, and time frame for data visualization. After submitting the values, a bar graph and line graph will be generated, which will be available for download.
A JavaScript code available in the GitHub repository generates the 3D globe. It uses Space Agencies data and converts it into a custom extension (.epax) for easier overlaying around the 3D globe. For Graphical Visualization, the same data is used for some instances. Elsewise, the data is fetched from a free and open-source API endpoint mentioned in the resources section below. Finally, the GET request is sent according to the user-input values, and the Graphs are rendered.
What Benefit does it have?
VisEarth caters to a vast domain of users.
Primarily, our product enables non-tech-friendly climate researchers to quickly, efficiently, and productively get the data they want.
Secondly, teachers, we envision a classroom where a teacher uses multimedia to demonstrate data rather than plain words. For example, climate change is a significant issue we face today. Our product will help teachers show the tiny changes in weather in a more extended range with the help of our visualization tools to teach the students better.
Thirdly, casual users, as simple users to view the trend in their hometown, would feel highly tedious and unproductive to zoom in on the globe and analyze with just color codes. Therefore, our product also caters to these people so that information reaches everyone quickly and efficiently.
What do you hope to achieve?
We hope for a future where the unavailability of data or the complication of obtaining and visualizing the data doesn't obstruct research and curiosity of the general people. We also hope to prosper organizations that are backed and driven by data.
What tools, Coding Languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop your Project?
HTML, CSS, JS.
Different Data That could be selected for Visualization
Visualizations of Data into Line and Bar Graph
Option to Find Place by Latitude and Longitude and view data either daily or hourly.
Space Agency Data
How we used space agency data in our project:
Few national weather sites that our API uses: Deutscher Wetter Dienst (DWD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Meteofrance, and Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut.
Data for mapping in the 3D globe: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
Other resources:
Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information (DONKI)
Hackathon Journey
Our Hackathon Journey:
“Paara” is a team of four individuals who are highly enthusiastic about tech and innovation. Teaming up for the NASA Space Apps was uncertain even the day before. Nonetheless, we shook hands and formed “Paara”. Seating through the orientation, we had mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness because all the challenges were out of our comfort zone. Perhaps, we realized early that the thrill of a hackathon lies in stepping out of the comfort zone and building something we can be proud of collectively.
Then, we discussed our strengths and brainstormed a product that would be possible with our skills and also challenge ourselves. Upon brainstorming, we came up with the idea of “VisEarth,”; a tweak to “Visualise Earth.” and started our rollercoaster ride of 48 hours.
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Tags
#app #software #data #visualization