Final countdown to the 2nd Galileo Hackathon
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The Galileo Hackathon is less than one month away – are you ready to show off your coding skills?
The second GSA Galileo Hackathon is right around the corner, and passionate coders across Europe are already fine-tuning their innovative ideas. If you haven’t already done so, don’t delay – register today!
Scheduled for 15 to 17 May in Gdańsk, Poland, the Galileo Hackathon is a unique opportunity to be among the first to work with Galileo-enabled mobile phones. The objective: to develop an innovative application that makes full use of Galileo’s capabilities and provides an added commercial or societal value.
Thanks to our technology partner Samsung, teams will be provided with a Galileo-enabled Samsung S8+ Android smartphone to use during the Hackathon. The phones feature Android 7.0 (i.e. Nougat), which gives application developers access to raw GNSS measurements directly from the Samsung phone. This unique feature opens up the possibility for higher accuracy and the development of algorithms traditionally restricted to more advanced GNSS receivers.
Hackathon teams will also have access to a plug-and-play location stack, provided courtesy of our partner HyperTrack. Onsite mentoring will be provided by the University of Nottingham’s GRACE, Nottingham Geospatial Institute’s business engagement unit.
A panel of experts
Participants will compete for one of three EUR 1 000 cash prizes, which will be awarded on the Infoshare mainstage on 17 May. A panel of GNSS and mobility experts from Nottingham Geospatial Institute, the GSA, Beuth University of Technology Berlin, the European Space Agency (ESA), Samsung, Airbus, Hypertrack and Blue Dot Solutions will evaluate solutions based on innovation, market potential, Galileo-relevance, level of completion and progress.
Join us @infoShare too!
The Hackathon is being held in conjunction with infoShare 2017, scheduled for 17 to 19 May in Gdańsk. All Hackathon participants get free registration to the event, where they can join in on an array of discussions and learning opportunities – including the GSA’s session Look inside your smartphone and learn why accuracy matters!. This session takes place on 17 May from 15:15 – 15:45 and will feature representatives from Broadcom, Samsung and Android.
Also of interest to the GEO-IoT/ location-based community, are a series of sessions on 15 May from 13:00-15:00 featuring:
- Overview of Galileo and its added value in location-based services by the GSA
- An update on the Galileo system status by the ESA
- A presentation of the Samsung S8 smartphone by Samsung
- Test results of Galileo integration in handsets by Airbus
- How to boost your location-aware app using HyperTrack
- An introduction to GNSS raw measurements in smartphones by Nottingham University
Register for the event here.
Prepare for the Galileo Hackathon with a pre-event webinarIn preparation for the upcoming 2nd Galileo Hackathon, the GSA is organising a one hour webinar on 28 April from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. Topics include an introduction to Galileo, an overview of Hackathon rules and prizes and a special presentation on GNSS raw measurements and how to use them in your location-based apps. Registration is free, and more information can be found here.
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