Space Apps Challenge 2017

Eco Maps uses existing social network posts of eco-friendly activities to accomplish a number of goals:

• Track activities shared on social networks that help the environment. Use this data to derive the positive ecological impact occurring in geographical regions.
• Create positive social pressure to increase ecologically responsible behavior
• Correlate sustainable actions with NASA data to determine an "EcoLike" rating based on whether a given locale is in greater need of certain positive behavior. For example, an area with heavy ground-level pollution would have increased benefit from pollution-free activities such as biking to work or driving an EV.

To participate in Eco Maps, send a tweet:

• Include the hashtag #ecolike2017
• Preferably include a photo
• Describe your eco-friendly activity
• Include location in your tweet, and if possible, toggle on "Share precise location" to provide the most accurate location coordinates

Resources:

We used maps data from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ to provide context to users for their positive behavior. These NASA maps are linked from the information windows that pop up on the map at https://eco-like.herokuapp.com/.