Open project up to open source contributions

[mdemichele]

Would love it if you wanted to open the project up to open source contributions. I think this project is something that's really needed, especially in Maui where I'm from!

[avenmia]

Hi @mdemichele!

Open as in adding the hacktoberfest label?

I made this as a proof of concept because the state's geoportal site wasn't easy to interpret. However, looking at the data sources I wasn't confident that the requirements or the parcels were up to date. The other issue I had is it might be misleading when there's a high-risk area right next to a low-risk area.

I'm open to suggestions for how it could be improved and taking contributions! I'm just not sure how practical it is unless we can ensure the data is accurate

[mdemichele]

Oh I just meant open as in allow for pull requests. I actually just realized I forgot to fork the repo first before trying to submit a PR, so that was why I thought the repo was closed to contributions. My mistake lol!

As far as your other concern about data accuracy, that's a great point to bring up. Maybe it would be more useful to plot historical fire events on the map instead? So instead of seeing risk areas, users can see where actual fires have occurred. That might be an easier dataset to keep accurate, since we could update the dataset every time a new fire happens.

[avenmia]

It might be interesting to see where fires have been historically alongside the risk areas. Do you know where the data for past fires is located?