GIS for a Better Future

Austin, TX

Overview

Imagine and design solutions that use GIS, imagery information and other big data sources to shape a better future. Develop an application, platform or process that represents useful ways you envision technology will have a real world impact, in Austin, and beyond.

Challenge Start Date

July 29, 2017

Registration Deadline

Closed

Submission Deadline

July 30, 2017

Demo Day

July 30, 2017

Winners & Highlight Video

Winners

GRAND PRIZE WINNER!
Team Convergent

$5,000

Prize for Best Use of HERE API
Amazon Echos
Prize for Most Creative
JetBrains Licenses

The CHALLENGE

Imagine and design solutions that use GIS, imagery information and other big data sources to shape a better future. Develop an application, platform or process that represents useful ways you envision technology will have a real world impact, in Austin, and beyond. Be creative! No problem is too big or too small.
Questions to consider might include:

SCHEDULE

July 29, 2017
Saturday

9:00 AM – Doors Open, Breakfast Served

10:00 AM – Opening Ceremony

10:30 AM – Hacking Begins

12:00 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – Technology Breakout Sessions

6:00 PM – Dinner Served

8:00 PM – Pitch Workshop

11:30 AM – Midnight Snack

12:00 AM – 8:00 AM Hack Through The Night!

July 30, 2017
Sunday

8:00 AM – Breakfast

12:00 PM – Lunch

2:00 PM – Code Freeze/Hacking Ends!

3:00 PM – Live Demos Begin!

Sunday Afternoon Presentations
  • Each participant and/or participant team will present their product or solution to the group on Sunday afternoon.
  • Presentations will be 3 minutes long with 2 minutes of questions from judges. Representatives from sponsors will be the primary audience for the presentations.
  • No formal presentation is required. Demos of your product or solution will follow this general outline: introduce yourself/teammate, introduce your concept, identify what tools you used, explain (loosely) how you derived your solution and what problem you are solving.
  • Presentations require direct connect from your laptop to the projection system. USB sticks are permitted for presentation purposes.
Upon completion, will have a casual social to cap the event and allow people to socialize about their ideas.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will have subject matter experts on hand for the entirety of the event to answer content related questions and to give context to the datasets as needed.Sponsors will be marketing this event heavily.
Don’t be surprised if a news crew shows up along the way.

Rules

JUDGING CRITERIA

Projects will be judged based on the following criteria:

Judges

Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Sponsors

Tools, Data, & IP Rights

Participants are allowed to use the open source tools provided by NGA’s GitHub site in addition to other commercially known open source tools. Participants are also encouraged to use their own proprietary solutions to develop creative and efficient products. If you are representing a company, your company’s proprietary software assets are also allowed to be used with the appropriate permission within your organization. Please reference the Terms and Conditions data to confirm that all IP rights remain with the participant and/or the organization they are representing.

All participants must agree to the terms and conditions.

POINT OF CONTACT

If you have any inquiries about participating in this competition, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at expeditionhacks@blueclarity.io.