Gravity Map

2014 Challenge


  • Hashtags:

    #earth, #gravitymap

    Contact:

    [email protected]

    Tags:

    Data Visualization


    Challenge Description

    Create an app that displays the gravity force for any location on Earth. Grab data about gravity around the world on a gravity map, or geoid, and use positioning data to show gravity at any location. You also could add information about the GOCE mission or other missions, and extend the capabilities to include magnetic field data from the SWARM mission.

    Background

    The geoid is a smooth but highly irregular surface that corresponds not to the actual surface of the Earth's crust, but to a surface which can only be known through extensive gravitational measurements and calculations. Missions such as GRACE and GOCE have measured gravitation from Space and allow a precise description of the geoid, or in other words: produce a gravity map of Earth. Recently the SWARM mission has been launched to also map the magnetic field around our Earth.

    Solution Ideas

    Here are some ways for you to frame this solution:

    • - User specifies a location on Earth
    • - Mobile app or web app displays the gravitational field at that location
    • - You can show variations in gravity based on the location of the moon on a specific date and time.
    • - Use positioning data to show local gravity force
    • - Options: show gravity or gravity maps of other planets, maybe in comparison to Earth’s gravity

    Sample resources


  • The following projects are solving this challenge:

    • isac2014australiacanberragroup

      The aim of the project is to provide users worldwide with access to accurate gravity data at any specified location on Earth via a highly functional web application. Mission data from ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) was utilised in order to provide users ... Visit Project

    • Crowdvity

      The aim of this project is to combine gravity data from space missions, like GOCE and GRACE, with crowdsourcing data from smartphones. Users will be able to both see the gravity measured by the space missions and send their own measurements to create a crowdsourcing gravity map. The project co... Visit Project

    • Gravity

      This project aims to create online map of the gravity of a given position on a map. The input can be either inputted in numeric format as longitude and latitude or chosen from a pin on a map. The output will be in numeric format, representing the gravitational field at the given point. In th... Visit Project

    • Gravity Bird

      How it works: The user searches for a location on Earth (a city, for example); The map will show that location and it's Geoid height measurement in relation to the corresponding location on the "ellipsoidal idealized Earth". The height of the geoid above the WGS84 ellipsoid measurement ... Visit Project

    • PGFVM - Public Gravitational Field Visualization Map

      # PGFVM (Public Gravitational Field Visualization Map) *** ## Overview *** This project seeks to create a web based application that allows the user to visualize the gravitational field at different points on the Earth's surface as well as other planets in the solar system. ## Technologies ... Visit Project

    • Pocket Gravity

      The gravity is different on every place on Earth. These differences have no effect on our lives but they affect satellites' orbits and planes' flight. Data about the anomalies has been gathered by NASA's GRACE and GOCE missions but reading it is hard without special software and impossible on the... Visit Project

    • Lunar Force Mapping

      User will be able to input a date and our code will determine the instantaneous location of the Sun and Moon relative to the Earth and calculate the variations in local gravity for different parts of the Earth's surface. This information will be used to create tiles from our server to generate a ... Visit Project

    • Gravity mApp

      This project aims to solve the NASA Apps Challenge to create an interactive Gravity Map combining data base from GOCE/GRACE resources to display the gravity force according to the user´s location (provided by a GPS). The output will be displayed as a numeric value. Visit Project

    • Kepler

      - Giving the user a broad view of Earth gravity fields. The measurements used are found on http://ddfe.curtin.edu.au/gravitymodels/GGMplus/ and mapped as a overlay of the Earth program found here https://github.com/cambecc/earth . - Providing a precise gravity measures for a specific point ... Visit Project

    • Gravity map

      Gravity map uses WebGl to create virtual earth that visualizes value of gravity at different location on the surface of earth. Visit Project

    • Earth Gravity Map

      The aim of this project is to show the gravitational acceleration of the specified point on the map. Visit Project

    • GravityApp

      Depending on where you are on Earth, the acceleration due to gravity differs from the SI constant of 9.80665 m/s2. These fluctuations in gravity are due to both the geology and altitude at that location. NASA's GRACE and GOCE missions use satellites to provide a precise description of Earth's... Visit Project

    • GravitApp

      The Aim of the this project is to create an educational application online were the user can choose any location on earth and the application will inform the user the exact gravity on the highest point in that country (Prototype) , the latitude, longitude, and altitude. Visit Project

    • Gravit-it!

      Even though our project didn't reach its initial goal as the whole team was non-experts and didn't have much experience on mathematical software or other programming languages, we tried to do our best by using Wolfram Mathematica software, as we had a better knwledge of it. As far as we noticed, ... Visit Project

    • GraVIS

      This project aims to analyze the raw data from satellites like GRACE and using Earth Gravity model , WGS84 version. We used the equation for Geo potential at a point with contributions from spherical harmonic coefficients and solving the Legendre polynomials. We are used Eclipse for andriod to... Visit Project

    • GRaVIS

      This project aims to analyze the raw data from satellites like GRACE and using Earth Gravity model , WGS84 version. We used the equation for Geo potential at a point with contributions from spherical harmonic coefficients and solving the Legendre polynomials. We used Eclipse IDE andriod to devel... Visit Project

    • Gravity Now!

      It is an educational platform that aims to be the # 1 tool for teaching the physical sciences related to gravity. Gravity Now! uses an advanced mapping and real-time processing for interactive calculation of gravity at any point on the planet. Furthermore, Gravity Now! explains briefly and easily... Visit Project

    • GravMaps

      GravMaps is a multi-platform and social application that allows the users to discover the gravity in any point of the map easily and quickly. You can also know your weight in each planet of our Solar System. THE WEEKEND During the Space Apps Challenge, we made 5 application: - Android applicat... Visit Project

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