GeoSentinel/CONTRIBUTING.md

🤝 Contributing to Geo Sentinel AI

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Geo Sentinel AI.
Community contributions help improve the platform and accelerate development of new features.

🚀 Ways You Can Contribute

You can help the project in many ways:

• 🐞 Report Bugs -- If you find an issue, open a GitHub Issue.
• 💡 Suggest Features -- Share ideas that can improve Geo Sentinel.
• 🧑‍💻 Submit Code -- Fix bugs or add new functionality.
• 📖 Improve Documentation -- Help make guides clearer.
• 🛰️ Develop New Modules -- Add integrations such as satellite tracking, OSINT feeds, or analysis tools.
• 🔑 Provide API Keys or Data Sources -- Help integrate new public datasets, APIs, or intelligence feeds.

🔧 Getting Started

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/GeoSentinel.git

3. Navigate to the project folder

cd GeoSentinel

4. Create a new branch

git checkout -b feature-name

5. Make your changes and commit

git commit -m "Add new feature"

6. Push the branch

git push origin feature-name

7. Open a Pull Request on GitHub.

🧠 Contribution Guidelines

• Keep code clean and readable
• Follow the existing project structure
• Test features before submitting
• Keep commits clear and descriptive
• Respect open-source collaboration practices

🧪 Areas That Need Contributions

The following features are currently being improved:

• 🔎 Facial Crime Search (In Development)
• 📡 Real-time CCTV integrations
• 🛰️ Satellite tracking improvements
• 🚦 Traffic simulation enhancements
• 📰 Live news data integrations

🔑 API Keys & Data Source Contributions

You can also help the project by sharing or helping integrate:

• Public API endpoints
• Open datasets
• Satellite feeds
• Traffic or CCTV sources
• OSINT data providers

These integrations help expand the global monitoring capabilities of Geo Sentinel.

📬 Contact

If you would like to contribute data sources, APIs, or collaborate on development, please contact us:

🌐 https://haybnz.web.app/#section-contact

🌍 Community

Every contribution matters.
Together we can build a powerful open geospatial intelligence platform.

Thank you for supporting Geo Sentinel AI 🚀