I'm looking for ideas! NASA Space App Challenge 2020
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Ideas for hackathon: NASA Space App Challenge 2020
I am looking for ideas for this year's hackathon.
- What can we use as resources, APIs, data, ,imagery, etc.?
- What is achievable for 2 days work?
- Maybe something not so big, but impactful, simple and relevant?!
Event: https://2020.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/universal-event/
Participants FAQ: https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/resources/participant-faq/
💡 Proposed Ideas
- Star constellation map (see #19 (comment))
ℹ️ Information about the event
Challenges: https://2020.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/
Team size: 6 max
Includes : Resources relevant for each challenge, like APIs, databases, imagery, etc.
Example: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/eosdis/science-system-description/eosdis-components/gibs
Theme:
This year's theme is "Take Action," a reminder that you can be a part of the solution to our world's challenges. Browse the categories below to start your hackathon journey!
Motivation: Taking action... 🚧
Spit-balling: Generate a star consolation map using imagery collected from satilights, using computer vision to identify stars and randomly assign formations to each.
Spit-balling: Generate a star consolation map using imagery collected from satilights, using computer vision to identify stars and randomly assign formations to each.
@DarkStar1982 also provided some resources that could help with this:
There is an algorithm that matches star images to star maps
It is called "lost in space" algorithm, unsurprisingly