Wildfire Detection Using a CPS

Fire Departments including CALFIRE used to have look-out towers in forests. However look-out towers are costly to maintain. Our project aims to empower ordinary citizens to take charge in collecting real time environmental data that can be used to serve a common interest. Volunteers can be part of a CPS. They can use their smart phones to take picture of a wildfire and upload it to a server. Each volunteer will be a node of the CPS. The server is responsible for collecting and processing information in the defined coverage area. The coverage area will be divided into coverage grids. The server can direct nodes and/or ``supernodes`` to empty grid locations. The server will estimate the exact location of a wildfire query image by matching to ground-level images with aerial images.