BC Wildfires Map

Publisher

Global News

This desktop application displays wildfire data from the BC government in Canada. It is used on a touchscreen TV for in-studio live hits for Global News BC. This project is actively being developed and was built for Windows devices.

For the best experience, press F11 or Fn + F11 on Windows, or Cmd + Ctrl + F on a Mac device to view the interactive in full screen.

The project embedded on this page is a streamlined version of the desktop app and features a free version of the satellite base-map and dummy data for presentation purposes.

The backend was built using the Rust-based Tauri framework and uses Rust code to grab data from the BC government’s open data portal.

The data is then compressed via an embedded Mapshaper application and visualised on the frontend using SvelteKit (TypeScript), OpenLayers and MapLibre.

My role
  • Developer
  • Designer

Tools
  • Tauri
  • Svelte
  • Mapshaper
  • OpenLayers
  • MapLibre
  • Canvas API
  • WebGL