In My Backyard
Global Nominee
In My Backyard received a Global Nomination.
Collect and develop geotagged information about local ties to space and aviation to incorporate within geo-based games/web applications/tools. Many apps and programs exist that allow users to input information about a location that corresponds to the real world. Public information and historical space events could be added to the location within the program. While exploring a new region, users can learning new facts about how the community played a role in new scientific discoveries or innovations in aviation or spaceflight.
In my backyard displays information about nearby site that are significant to NASA to the user. A user can simply click the buttons for each site to see the info or they can travel to the location and the information will be automatically loaded for the user. We chose the 10 Primary NASA field centers to use as a demo.
