High-Level Project Summary
Fires have become more and more frequent, especially in countries with hot and dry climates during certain periods of the year, and this increasing number of cases is accompanied by an increased intensity and devastation of these fire cases. This proportionally increases the damage both to the environment and to people. The project consists of an app that, through APIs, acquires satellite data and reports from users, to identify possible outbreaks of fire and alert both authorities and users in advance. Thus preventing fires from spreading out of control and possible further damage or casualties.
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Detailed Project Description
Our project consists of a mobile application called Quark's App, which aims to acquire data from satellite APIs and translate them in a simplified way for users. This data also serves to calculate, through studies and analysis, the chance of fire at the location indicated by the user. The application also has the option of reporting outbreaks of fire, so that fire prevention can be more efficient.
This project aims to bring more security to people who live in places with many fires, so through our app the person can be alerted of where is happening or when a person is traveling to another place and put his location in the app it will show the path and if there is any risk of fire where he will pass.
It works as an alert for the people who live around the places with greater focus of natural fires, so the app uses meteorological satellites that indicate places with possible fires and places where they could be happening at that moment. For the simple fact that over the years we see the increase in the number of fires and with this many people end up losing their homes and even their lives because they have no access to informations of these types of events in the region where they live, however with our app this will significantly decrease the number of people who suffer from this frequently.
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Project Benefits:
- The data acquired through the satellite APIs can be used for research, monitoring rural areas, and fire prevention.
- The device works with GPS, so it is possible for the driver to enter his destination and the application informs him if the routes contain fire danger near the roads, and which routes would be safer to travel.
- The authorities would have a system for observing and reporting fires, which can prevent or help to contain fires at an early stage.
- There is statistical data that shows where the burn was started, enabling quick decision making by the authorities.
Project Methodology:
Quark's App will show data taken from API's and show data regarding temperature, solar and related fluxes, humidity/precipitation, wind/pressure, soil property, all in a more simplified and easily accessible way, since consulting websites for this, for lay people, can be an obstacle.
Source: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
Source: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
Source: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
Source: https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
We will also use data on fire risks available on official government websites, which will vary depending on the location. In the case of Brazil, data from INPE - National Institute for Space Research, will be used to provide a more practical way for the user of the risks of fire.
Source: https://queimadas.dgi.inpe.br/queimadas/portal/risco-de-fogo-meteorologia
There is also the part for reporting outbreaks of fire, in which the user's location and possible photos will be required. To validate the report, the authority will be able to check the data available in the application itself to act in fighting the fire. The application will also use GPS data for the user to say his final destination and allow his current location, and through such data, Quark's App will show which routes are safer to travel and which have fire danger near the highways.
Hackathon Journey
We can describe our experience as something very special and unique, because we shared the knowledge that each of the group members developed as we researched and went deeper into the chosen theme, and with this we were able to put together ideas and develop something that was compatible with the challenge proposed to all of us. It was a great learning experience about teamwork and we also learned things we never imagined we would learn, like working with satellites, developing apps that can be logged by other people, and working with real time locations and everything else." Generally speaking, what influenced our team to follow this challenge was our research in general that we saw that there were already other types of apps available but they were not as complete as the one we are developing so that the population can also have access to certain information about natural fires. In this project we used approaches such as researches of other projects related to the chosen theme, and we followed the example of winning projects of HACKATHONS already made by NASA, and also based on information collected via meteorological satellites. Our team knew how to deal very well with setbacks such as changes of ideas and loss of information that we consider important, everything was done working together from all of the group, because this way we could satisfy all the needs and problems that we had during the course together. We would like to thank all the people who collaborated with us to get where we are and the people who gave us all the support to develop our project and leave it very well done.
References
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NUNES, José Renato Soares; SOARES, Ronaldo Viana; BATISTA, Antonio Carlos .(2006). FMA+ - UM NOVO ÍNDICE DE PERIGO DE INCÊNDIOS FLORESTAIS PARA O ESTADO DO PARANÁ, BRASIL. Floresta, [S.L.], v. 36, n. 1, p. 75-91, 24 ago. 2006. Universidade Federal do Parana. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/rf.v36i1.5509.
JAXA Himawari Monitor (P-Tree). (2020). https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ptree/index.html.
Windy. (2020). https://www.windy.com/.
POWER. (2020). The POWER Project. https://power.larc.nasa.gov/
Your Are My Sunshine | NASA Space Apps Challenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6VcgwtXrt4
Tags
#SpaceApps #FireProtect #NASA #Burning #fire #firedepartment #energy #campomourao #GPS #UTFPR #quarksup #satellite_images #environment #disaster #firefighter #forest #saveforest #fogo #incendio #amazonia #salveamazonia #savetheamazonas
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