modev east hackathon njvc geospatial prize
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NJVC is excited to sponsor a new category in this year’s MoDev East Hackathon: mobile applications with a geospatial component.TRANSCRIPT
MoDev East 2013 Hackathon –Geospatial Category
Introduction
Happy and Honored to Be with the Hackathon Community
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Geospatial Category
We Have Introduced a New Category of Prizes Mobile applications that have a
geospatial component Why?
The convergence of geospatial and crowd-sourced information and the explosion of mobile technologies offer exciting opportunities for innovation to meet many challenges to improve people’s lives and the operations of the governments that serve them.
NJVC offers a wide breadth of IT and strategic solutions to our customers, ranging from consulting to managed services in six business areas: Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Data Center Services, Healthcare IT, IT Services and Print Solutions
Geospatial App Description
Core Functionality Mobile applications that have a
geospatial component Use Case Scenarios
Red Cross: Show blood donors within a 5/10 mile radius; send blood need alerts to their phones
Humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (e.g., roads affected, new routes)
Pilot assistance (e.g., Waze for pilots)
Sea navigation assistance: Pirate tagging, sea routes, ships around
GPS location: Real-time tagging Flood risk zone: Elevation display
(e.g., Where is the nearest safe place by a flood?)
Criteria
Originality Intuitiveness Incorporation of
Touchscreen Gestures (Touch, Swipe, Pinch, Etc.)
Value Value to novice users Values to expert users
Feature Richness Extent of Geospatial Data
Usage Usability Performance
Prizes
First Prize: $1,000 Second Prize: $500 Third Prize: $250
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