City Ground Tracker
- 3 Devlogs
- 4 Total hours
Shows whether the ground under a neighborhood is rising or sinking, using NASA’s OPERA satellite radar data. Starting with Frisco, TX, where I live, and comparing it with Houston, a known-sinking area.
Shows whether the ground under a neighborhood is rising or sinking, using NASA’s OPERA satellite radar data. Starting with Frisco, TX, where I live, and comparing it with Houston, a known-sinking area.
I have officially hosted my maps and working code onto a website, and pushed it all in a Github. Now, for Frisco and Houston, anyone can search for an address and receive information on how the ground moves. I will soon be shipping the project and the demo link will be there to see.
i checked to see if my ground map for Houston and Frisco were accurate. By comparing sites like Katy and Cypress (with known sinking patterns), I was abe to check if Frisco was right. I originally made maps for 2.5 years, but that wasn’t enough, as there was too much noise. After doing the full 10 years for the ground sinking, I was able to get the right patterns which are verified in real life. Here is an image of my Houston map. My next step will be to make a website for the maps and for people to search. In the future, I will try to expand to more areas.
I am creating a tool which can tell people if the ground under a neighborhood is moving. I was inspired to do this when talking with my dad about the worth of our house. I did Frisco first (an unknown pattern), and am comparing it with Houston (a known cycle). By searching NASA’s OPERA data, I found 57 files from 2024-2025 for Frisco. The files contain valuable information, such as displacement and movement. I am working on making my first map.