A New Perspective

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, protected areas and other forms of wilderness areas (e.g., arboretums, beaches, parks, marine monuments) have been closed worldwide. Your challenge is to lead the effort to examine any potential impacts of reduced human traffic in such local protected natural environments.

Donatello

Summary

The traffic of people in coastal areas generates the compaction of these places and a removal of wildlife, with the empty beaches spawning turtles could be seen in regions where they did not occur before, currently there is no data from these locations new, Donatello is proposes to create a bridge between people and scientists being a tool that people can record information about turtles on the beaches and forwards to researchers from that region.

How We Addressed This Challenge

The project aims to create a mobile application - Donatello - that will show the geolocation of turtle nests, to be followed by local researchers. Satellite images will be used, provided by NASA, and through Google Maps, the nests will be indicated. The application is viable because it facilitates the collection of data, since at Donatello, they would be synthesized in a specific way for use, in addition to having the collaboration of the population with information on the location of the nests and eventual appearance of turtles.

How We Developed This Project

With empty beaches, turtles were seen in regions where they had not been before, currently there is no tool to train scientists with the use of this information, the solution consists of a collaboration between the population and researchers through Donatello, a mobile application that will show the geolocation of turtle nests, to be accompanied by local researchers. Satellite images will be used, made available by NASA, and through Google Maps,

The project was developed in prototypes of navigation screens, using the adobe XD tool. We believe that this model exemplifies the objective of the project.

Data & Resources

We used information from the Sentinel 1 satellite, which is capable of reporting on floods, considering the focus is the coastal region and has new data from 6 to 12 days (temporal resolution).

Tags
#save sea turtles, #environmental impact, #mobile application, #sea ​​coast, #turtles
Global Judging
This project was submitted for consideration during the Space Apps Global Judging process.