Awards & Nominations
Tech Mind has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
Identifying Tsunamis
High-Level Project Summary
Our project updates an existing service called QuakeHunter. A new feature consists of consuming an existing USGS (United States Geological Survey) API in QuakeHunter's source code and using it to calculate areas with possible tsunami chance according to the location of earthquakes they have had.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The project consists of using an API to be used in the original service, adding the file dataQuakes.js and QuakeGraphs.html and using a Google library (Charts) to create graphical data from earthquakes and tsunamis, updating it with a new functionality.
Languages: HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT
Libs: Google Charts
Dev tools: Visual Studio
API: Earthquake USGS
Space Agency Data
We use the data on magnitude of earthquakes and possible tsunamis in different coordinates of the planet with the Earthquake (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson) API from United States Geological Survey (USGS), the data is provided inside the api as json objects, thus making it available for consumption.
Hackathon Journey
Space Apps was a good way to experience teamwork in the development sector, overcoming difficulties, learning about API's, despite the stress it was a great experience. Our initial inspiration was the wildfires in the Amazon, using the same method of data analysis to identify wildfires, but due to unforeseen circumstances it was not possible to use the API. Then there was a click in the mind, remembering about the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan, and the web service was already talking about earthquakes but not tsunamis, so it was just a matter of connecting one thing to another. As amateurs it was very difficult to do all this in just two days, in addition to having basic knowledge as students, however, despite that, the team worked very well, with organization, although we had setbacks, everything went well in the end. The team wanted to thank a friend, Gabriel, for helping to fix bugs in the code and providing support.
References
1 - [Quakehunter Official github repository]: https://github.com/WorldWindLabs/Quake-Hunter
2 - [Quakehunter Official web service]: https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/quakehunter/
3- [Google Charts Library]: https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/scatterchart?hl=pt-br
4 - [NU NEWS - "Economic damage from earthquakes and tsunamis has increased by more than 67% in 20 years"]: https://news.un.org/pt/story/2018/11/1645882
5 - [USGS API EARTHQUAKE CODE]: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson
6 - [USGS API Documentation]: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson
7 - [Canva design plataform]: https://www.canva.com
Tags
#software #water #spaceapps #spaceappsbr #naturaldisaster #disaster #map #earthquake