AlertMe

Inspiration

We wanted to find a way to check how dangerous certain places are in the world before we visit them. We thought that it would be nice to have an expanded feature of Waze that shows crashes and police presence but instead for crime

What it does

Shows clusters of crimes committed from 2020 to 2023 in Lost Angeles. It allows you to see how dangerous certain places are and what kinds of crimes have been committed in the area

How we built it

We built it through React and the google maps API platform. We got the data from https://data.lacity.org/Public-Safety/Crime-Data-from-2020-to-Present/2nrs-mtv8 and used the crime committed, lattitude, and longitude to create the markers on the map

Challenges we ran into

It was very challenging to actually show the google map in a next.js application so we had to pivot to a react application by Leigh Halliday to get it working. We later had to deal with time constraints since we were behind with adding all the features

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to display all crimes in Los Angeles

What we learned

How to use Google maps API

What's next for AlertMe

We'll develop the application to increase its functionalities and maybe make it mobile friendly

Built With

• google
• google-maps
• places
• react