Item: Avatech: Avanet – Crowdsourced, Real-Time Snowpack Information
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Title: Avatech: Avanet – Crowdsourced, Real-Time Snowpack Information
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2014 Proceedings, Banff, Canada
Authors:
- Jim Christian [ AvaTech, Inc., Park City, UT, USA ] [ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA ]
- Sam Whittemore [ AvaTech, Inc., Park City, UT, USA ] [ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA ]
- Brint Markle [ AvaTech, Inc., Park City, UT, USA ] [ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA ]
- Thomas Laakso [ AvaTech, Inc., Park City, UT, USA ]
- Andrew Sohn [ AvaTech, Inc., Park City, UT, USA ]
Date: 2014-09-29
Abstract: Sharing snowpack data and other observations is of utmost importance to the professional community. Today, leading data sharing programs like the Canadian InfoEx, provide terrific examples of how sharing information quickly amongst a community can promote enhanced decision making and improve public safety. At AvaTech, we are seeking to improve professional information sharing by introducing the SP1, a professional snowpack assessment device which crowd sources snow data in real-time via Bluetooth to a smartphone application and the cloud, AvaNet. In this paper, we will focus on the development of 1) Our data platform AvaNet and 2) a special software tool, SnowPit Editor, which makes manual profile data entry fast and easy.
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: Crowd-sourcing, data sharing, snow penetrometers, spatial variability, avalanche forecasting
Page Number(s): 962-965
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