High-Level Project Summary
We created a data analysis tool that takes information from the USGS Earthquake Catalog and we display it intuitively on a map on the phone. The app shows earthquakes and all the details about them, taking the user straight to the USGS website.The app also helps the user understand the scale of an earthquake by challenging the user to shake the phone and see how that movement would translate as an earthquake. It also compares the user's result with real earthquake data
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
We query GeoJSON data from the USGS Earthquake Catalog and use the location of the points to create a pinpoint on a map to represent an earthquake. The points are color coded, with red representing stronger earthquakes. Also, when the user selects an earthquake, the app shows detailed information about the earthquake and encourages the user to learn more about that event.
On the other part, we read data from the sensors of the user's phone and convert that into the Richter Scale so the user can have an idea what that scale means in terms of energy being dissipated on earth. After the user is done, they can stop the reading and see where their score lands on the Richter Scale and compare it with other major events on earth. We want the user to understand the social impact of an earthquake as well as the physical and geological implications.
Space Agency Data
We use the USGS Earthquake Catalog to query for earthquake data
Hackathon Journey
Our journey was amazing. We learned a lot from each other and from other participants, doing things we never did before.
We had the opportunity to learn more about earthquakes, how they are measured, why they happen, how we track them around the world and how we can transform data into an intuitive and easy to use application.
References
We used Flutter to create the app and used some images from freepik to support our work visually.
Tags
#earthquake #mobile #sensors #openSource