Hack Rice 2017: ForeFlight Challenge

Prizes

The winning team will receive Apple Store gift cards!

Challenge

This repository contains a JSON file that contains the raw data for a track log. The log contains one flight around the Houston area. There are 498 data points, each looking like this:

{
  "timestamp": 1506089531.79418,
  "latitude": 29.640072,
  "longitude": -95.286312,
  "course": 220.429,
  "speed_kts": 0.927796975077,
  "altitude_ft": 44.8205380577427,
  "pressure_altitude_ft": "",
  "source": 1,
  "accuracy_horiz": 1,
  "accuracy_vert": 1,
  "bank": -0.100000001490116,
  "pitch": 0.400000005960464
}

Your challenge is to display or interpret this data in a unique and compelling way. For example:

• Plot the points of the flight in an augmented or virtual reality scene.
• Replay the flight from the pilot's perspective in a virtual reality experience.
• Analyze the data to identify various phases of flight, such as:
  • Takeoff and landing
  • Climb and descent
  • Crashes
  • Maneuvers, such as 360º turns or vertical loops

Check out the data

This repository contains a Swift playground, which can be opened using Xcode (free, Mac-only). If you don't have a Mac, or just want to work with the data directly, feel free to just use the raw JSON file.

1. Install Xcode from the Mac App Store.
2. Download/clone this project.
3. Open HackRice.playground.
4. Click through the pages in the project navigator to explore the data set.
5. When you're ready to hack, use the function getTrackPoints() to grab an array of TrackPoints containing all the data!

Workshop

Come to our workshop at 11:00 pm on Friday to see a demo of the Swift playground in action.

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