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Entry for Crop Alert Challenge for the 2015 International Space App Challenge

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TopCrop

Entry for Crop Alert Challenge for the 2015 International Space App Challenge

The code is the result of about 20 hours of work and therefore in a very experimental state.

ToDo and possible enhancements

  • Support for SMS
  • Integration of other projects (and challenges) (e.g. human diseases, wood fires etc.)
  • Crofters with no mobile phone?
  • Internationalisation
  • Push notifications
  • Pest spreading speed index -> adapt radius according to spread rate
  • integrate weather data like wind speed to guide notification process
  • Pest identification advise / allow supervision by scientific professionals
    • provide separate interface for scientific investigation and help
    • effectiveness of measures and which circumstances
    • help identification of new pests
  • Security
    • disguise as other user
    • file wrong reports to make land appear less arable
  • improve reporting
    • what measures taken
    • how much of the land is infected
    • update history of reports for time analysis (or: farming diary)
    • transfer of report/croft ownership in case of a broken phone
    • Keeping track of old/obsolete reports -> automated asking if problem still persists
    • Handle use case where farmer changes his phone number
    • Usability improvement of website and Android app -> work together with designers