Finalisten des EO-Dashboard-Hackathons stehen fest

From June 23 to 29, ESA, NASA and JAXA hosted a joint hackathon. The occasion was the one-year anniversary of the collaboration between the three space agencies, which jointly launched the Earth Observation Dashboard last year. This measures and makes available the environmental, economic, and short- and long-term impacts of global constraints related to the Covid 19 pandemic using satellite-based Earth observation.

To evaluate the data collected so far and develop solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time, the three space agencies called on "all programmers, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, constructors, artists and technologists" to collaborate on solutions.

As can now be read on the Hackathon project website, a total of 233 projects were created. From these, 32 "Global Finalists" were selected. All teams that made it to the finals will receive the following rewards:

The opportunity to be featured on eodashboardhackathon.org and social media.
The ability to have your project included in (or featured on) the Earth Observing Dashboard, if applicable.
Invitations to attend a NASA spacecraft launch for each team member and one guest each if the trip is deemed safe. [Note: Travel expenses will not be covered.]
2,000 euros that can spend through the Network of Resources (NoR) portfolio.
The opportunity to extend your own solution with the help of the EuroDataCube.

In addition, some finalists can look forward to further rewards. For example, all Global Award winners who have effectively used ALOS-2 data may continue to use it. In return, JAXA will provide further access to the data. The ESA ESRIN Award, on the other hand, is given to the team that maximizes the use of ESA data. The award comes with the opportunity to visit the Science Hub at the ESA ESRIN site in Frascati (Rome), Italy in 2022, as and when constraints from the Covid 19 pandemic allow. ESA will participate in covering the travel costs.

Which team was able to convince the international jury with which project will be announced at the beginning of August.

The "Global Finalists" at a glance

Name	Challenge	Area	Members
Air is Life	Spatial Analysis and Time Series	North America	1
Air Square	Ship traffic and the Impact on Air Quality	Europe	6
Alliance for Action	Environmental Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic	North America	5
Beauraz	Agricultural Impacts of COVID-19	East Asia and Pacific	2
Chloro-kNow	Looking at the Big Picture	North America	3
CleverChart	Looking at the Big Picture	Europe	6
Covid Chroniclers	Storytelling in the COVID-19 Era	South and Central Asia	6
Enigma Systems	Spatial Analysis and Time Series	South and Central Asia	5
Eyes on Data	Visualizing Change Over Time	East Asia and Pacific	5
GiveSight	Visualizing Change Over Time	East Asia and Pacific	5
God’s Eye	Multi-Mission Earth Observation Data Visualization	South and Central Asia	3
Golden Eye	Multi-Mission Earth Observation Data Visualization	South and Central Asia	4
Hackvengers	Urban Societal Behavior Patterns During COVID-19	Europe	5
Hasret	A Comparative Analysis	Europe	1
Mind code	Environmental Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic	South and Central Asia	6
MLJC	A Comparative Analysis	Europe	5
Nasa Ship and Air Investigators	Ship traffic and the Impact on Air Quality	North America	3
PixelGrow	Urban Societal Behavior Patterns During COVID-19	South and Central Asia	6
Project Elevate	Environmental Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Europe	5
Prometheus	Visualizing Change Over Time	Latin America and Caribbean	5
Revilky	A Comparative Analysis	Africa and Middle East	4
SimpleAnimation	Looking at the Big Picture	North Amercia	6
SMILE STONES	Storytelling in the COVID-19 Era	South and Central Asia	6
Team Posseidon	Visualizing Change Over Time	South and Central Asia	2
Tech Nerds	Agricultural Impacts of COVID-19	South and Central Asia	4
the developers	Agricultural Impacts of COVID-19	Africa and Middle East	3
The night owls 3	Urban Societal Behavior Patterns During COVID-19	Europe	4
TnE	Storytelling in the COVID-19 Era	North America	2
Tracer	Ship traffic and the Impact on Air Quality	East Asia and Pacific	3
watha	Spatial Analysis and Time Series	South and Central Asia	6
Wings of the West	Storytelling in the COVID-19 Era	Europe	5
World MAQI	Multi-Mission Earth Observation Data Visualization	East Asia and Pacific	4