Web based UI for earthquake science applications (short-project, Remote)

[Brendan Meade]

   I’m looking for a business or individual with experience in data visualization and UI construction to develop an interactive web application based on an existing desktop UI. This map-based application will be used to inspect and construct data that serves as input to scientific computing software for earthquake science research and hazard analysis. The project is being carried out within the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. The business or contractor will be tasked with 1) identifying the web-based technologies most appropriate for this project, 2) building a web-based version of an existing desktop (Matlab-based) GUI, and 3) providing improved design. This web application will only be run locally (e.g., on a workstation/laptop), is map-focused, and includes UI elements (buttons, dropdown menus, text boxes). Critically, some line elements in map plots must be able to be moved through drag and drop interactions. All relevant data files will be local and are in .csv. and .json formats. A screenshot of the existing UI can be found at the button of the landing screen for the following Github repository: https://github.com/jploveless/Blocks and the code for the Matlab desktop UI is available as well.

   The central features to implement are:

- Locally runnable web app with source code shared on Github.

- Zoomable two-dimensional maps with coastlines and borders.

- These maps will be augmented with: line segment data, text (of different colors), arrows (of different colors), basic markers (circles, squares, of different colors).

- Click and drag updating of the location of line segment endpoints on the zoomable map.

- Enable updating/modifying/deleting line segments through drop-down menu and graphical selection of line elements.

- Overlay terrain/topography layer from Google Maps or other online data sources.

- Local saving of augmented data as .csv and .json files.

   The visualizations will be developed in conversation with the primary developer of the scientific software (me!). This is a short-term project and work is remote. For more information about the job and application process, please contact me directly at: me...@fas.harvard.edu.  Thanks for your consideration!

Brendan Meade

Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

brendanjmeade.github.io