Sustainability in Chapel Hill

Sample output from Chapel Hill data.
Terminal output of interpretations of graph

Inspiration

We're all very passionate about the environment and finding ways to enhance sustainability in Chapel Hill and surrounding areas using our computer science knowledge.

What it does

Scans in data from a csv file and produces a line graph of average maximum temperature, average minimum temperature and average precipitations for each year ranging from 2002-2019. The average slope is also calculated and used to interpret the trends of the graph. These interpretations give program users more insight into what is going on and what actions should be taken from this information.

How we built it

We built this project using Java and api's such as JFree Chart.

Challenges we ran into

It was difficult to have our team members in different places. We also have not done a lot of coding outside of class before so we had to learn how to share our code using github.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud that we were able to take a concept we thought of and actually implement it and turn it into something useful as opposed to reproducing ideas given to us in class through assignments.

What we learned

We learned how to use github collectively and we learned how api's are utilized to enhance programs. We also learned how to work as a team, prior to this all of our coding has been individual and in class.

What's next for Sustainability in Chapel Hill

Sustainability in Chapel Hill entails adapting to a changing climate so that we can continue to produce crop yields that will support our population. We would like to expand this program to areas beyond Chapel Hill and extend it to output/interpret additional data regarding factors such as pesticide use, fertilizer use, and soil fertility. We are optimistic that our program could be used to take in a wider variety of data, in order to enhance the ability for farmers to predict when the best time is for them to grow their crops, so that farmers can continue to be successful and support populations around the world.