Fire and Water Australia
Team Name:
Fire and Water Australia
A mobile app which helps the fire department and locals combat fire by locating live fire areas and the nearest water catchment/reservoirs.
Data used are from:
Geoscience Australia
1. Sentinel Hotspots
Department of Communications
2. National Map (Government open data)
Demo/Homepage URL:
Video Upload:
Proof of Concept Repository URL - Code Repository, source material or stages of development records:
Datasets Used:
Sentinel Hotspots
Sentinel is a national bushfire monitoring system that provides timely information about hotspots to emergency service managers across Australia. The mapping system allows users to identify fire locations with a potential risk to communities and property.
http://data.gov.au/dataset/sentinel-hotspots
National Map – The National Map Open Data gives users access to a single platform for Government geospatial data sets, including those from the Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Bureau of Statistics and data.gov.au. The geospatial data is visually presented in a map format, enabling users to see the data that they extract.
http://nationalmap.gov.au/