MADESMS

Enhancing the experience of a wildfire monitoring application

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Product Design

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Desktop computer showing the onboarding screen of MADESMS. Half of the screen has shades of green and a picture of a satellite with the title 'Monitor de Alerta de Desmatamento'. The other half has a white background with input fields for username and password, following with a 'Login' button

MADESMS is an application developed for IMASUL (the Environment Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul) to monitor wildfires across the state's territory. The system's main goal was to integrate spatial data, satellite images, and environmental information, serving as a powerful analysis tool within IMASUL's offices.

Monitoring capacity (Full area of Mato Grosso do Sul state)

357.000 km²

Reduction of manual process analysis

72%

Desktop computer showing the main screen of MADESMS system. The display is centered on the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which contains a large number of small red and blue dots. Each dot represents a rural property polygon. The Filter widget is active, showing its options.

Main screen of MADESMS centered on the state of Mato Grosso do Sul

The design was based on IMASUL's main colors, blue and green. To keep consistency across the application, the Phosphor icon library was chosen as the source of its visual elements.

Main screen of MADESMS with different active widgets: Alert Filter, Alert Selection and Basemap Selection — Alert Filter, Alert Selection and Basemap Selection widgets

Some icons from Phosphor lib: Filter, Layers, Refresh, Upload, Gallery, and Delete

The MADESMS system shows a satellite view of a rural area with a small light blue polygon highlighted in the center. There is a pop-up window titled 'Alerta de Desmatamentos' (Deforestation Alert) showing specific data points for that polygon, including CAR Number, Alert ID, Date, Area, Municipality, and Biome. A sidebar titled 'Editar Polígono' (Edit Polygon) is also open on the right. — Deforestation Alert and Edit Polygon widgets

After comparing satellite images of rural properties, aiming to find signs of illegal deforestation, IMASUL agents can generate a report with all information about the area in order to open an investigation against the property owners.

A notebook screen displays the Gallery section of MADESMS. The screen is split in two by a swipe tool in the middle, with each side showing a different satellite image of the same area. A separate image panel allows the user to change the picture displayed. — Gallery section with swipe tool

Gallery section of MADESMS. The screen is split in two by a central swipe tool, with each side showing a different satellite image of the same area. On the left, a 'Available Images' panel lists multiple satellite images. In the center, a 'Filter Images' pop-up allows filtering by date and satellite types. On the right, an 'Send image' panel allows users to upload images via file selection or URL, and choose to display them on the left or right panel. — Image panel, Filter Image and Send Image widgets