The Onion Rings | Spot That Fire!
The Challenge | Spot That Fire!
Beacon
Beacon is a web and sms integrated service that collates real-time bush fire data through crowd-sourcing and satellite imagery, cutting down traditional fire detection methods of hours to just minutes so people can make the right escape protection decision
We have built a web and sms integrated service that collates real-time bush fire data through crowd-sourcing and satellite imagery. We decided on a mobile responsive web site and sms notifications because accessibility to the service quickly is the key cornerstone to our solution. This entire solution is currently built on Node.js with plans to progress to a full native implementation on mobile phones as well as a more robust and responsive front end client for web. We are polling NASA's FTP servers for their satellite fire imagery every hour (the frequency they are updated). Based on the number of respondents and NASA's confidence level and the direction the fire is moving, we will decide how much of a threat the fire poses and be able to give early warning of a wildfire hazard
SpaceApps is a NASA incubator innovation program.