High-Level Project Summary
I developed part of a code that tracks the international space station. Since I tried but could not find a team, I did not finish the challenge. I did not start on displaying the information with pictures. However, I still tied. I almost solved the challenge by writing a code that, when completed, will display the names of the astronauts and the longitude and latitude coordinates of the international space station in real time. This is important because it will allow users to get an idea of the code that goes behind this concept if they visit my code repository. Additionally, I got to see part of the code that goes behind this. Despite being alone, I progressed.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
While my project does not do much in its unfinished state, it still communicates ideas as to where I was heading. My project simply displays code that will give back the names of the astronauts and their longitude and latitude coordinates. It provides a guide for people who would want to write a code about ISS tracking. It could spark new ideas that lead to a finished code. I hope to achieve an easily accessible ISS tracker. I would have wanted to add a feature that gives the distance of the ISS to any user defined locations. Not only would this allow people to track the ISS, but it would allow for people to see the code behind a device. I used python but did not go far to see if other software or codes were better.
Space Agency Data
Since I did not make it very far on my own, I did not use space agency data. I would have used a live NASA tracker of the astronauts and the location of the ISS and implemented it into my code, but I could not find a decent one that updates every second to use for my code. In addition, I have geocoder in my code to detect the longitude and latitude of the ISS and I based on IP, but it does not function because I did not get enough information and I could not get the function to work as it returned an error.
Hackathon Journey
I did not get the full space apps experience because I was alone. However, I did learn several concepts. I learned how to manage my time and work under a strict time limit; I tried until I could not. Additionally, I learned the drawbacks of being alone. With teams, you have people with different backgrounds of experiences. That, combined with bouncing off each other's ideas, creates complimentary ideas that fit together like a puzzle. My approach involved using what I know to try to work with the time limit, but, like I said, I was a single puzzle piece that could not match with anyone, so my experience was all I had. No one else was there to fill the gaps in my code with their experience and knowledge. I struggled to figure out what modules to import and what code to use. I overcame these issues by writing down what I knew and my approaches to solving the issue. I tried not to stay fixated on one method; if a new idea came up while I was trying one method, I would write it down and come back to it if my original method did not work. This helped in getting something done albeit not much.
References
I used, python 3.10 64-bit, images from my code, Json, geocoder, and PowerPoint with its images.
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