High-Level Project Summary
We developed an application that shows the surface of the moon, and while we were unable te fully bring our idea to life, the concept was that of a 3D model that displayed the moon's seismic activity overlayed on a 3D model of it, in which one could see the time and date as well as location and magnitude of the activity, it "solves" the challenge by providing an easy to use application for anyone interested in researching the moon's seismic activity that helps the user understand and visualize the activity in an orderly and simple fassion that allows for quick reading of the data provided by NASA's PDS, it's important because there's really not many if any applications similar in design/use.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
We tried to generate a seismic activity map of the moon based on the data provided by NASA's PDS from the csv provided, applying this in the space field, it would help to facilitate inquirys of the celestial bodys seismic activity, gaining a platform that can be applied to other celestial bodies. We used python and blender to try and create the application, the benefits it gives would be the ease of use and style of information presentation, being able to sort through dates and times maybe even have an approximate on-the-surface visualization or one where you can view the tectonic plates move so one can better understand the phenomena of seismic activity on the moon.
Space Agency Data
We used only the material provided in the resources tab of the challenge, mostly NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) to allow us to know and understand the magnitudes, locations and such of the seismic activity on the moon, it helped us to get the necessary data to interpret the seismic activity on the moon's surface to allow comprehensive understanding of the movement of plates on the moon. It inspired us to create the application so that anybody can access this information and even if we couldn't quite finish our project, we plan on continuing development of this application as an open-source one so that anyone interested can utilize it for their projects.
Hackathon Journey
In a gratifying way, it was possible to take advantage of the new knowledge obtained in the programming part for the development of a topographic map of a celestial body. It inspired us to search for planets comparable to the earth to analyze if life is possible on it through it. We focus on making the information as detailed and accurate as possible for the environment of that celestial body. We cope with the situation by consulting several people in the field of programming, giving us guidance when we come across a wall, as a suggestion. To our friends and tutors for the help needed.
References
All the material listed in the resource tab of the challenge.
Earthquakes visualization: https://github.com/RalucaNicola/earthquakes-viz#how-to-re-create-this-visualization-with-your-own-data
SPECFEM 3D Globe: https://github.com/geodynamics/specfem3d_globe
PLOTLY: https://plotly.com/
OBSPY: https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki/
An in depth 3D globe of earthquakes: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/js-api-arcgis/3d-gis/3d-globe-earthquakes/
Blender 3D: https://www.blender.org/download/
PYTHON: https://www.python.org/
Tags
moon mapping, 3D rendering, data analysis, software, space