Inspiration
The inspiration comes from keeping everyone safe.
What it does
Its purpose is to overlay a map of crime rates and crime history over a Google Maps API to help users view crime rates in an area.
How we built it
Data about crime history and crime rates is parsed by a scraper and stored into Google Firebase. This data is then used by a Google Maps API with a heatmap layer to illustrate crime in an area. Users can search locations to view the crime rates in that area, or select a path to determine the safest route to their destination. The main front-end technologies used for this project were HTML/CSS and JavaScript. The main back-end technologies used were Google Maps API and Google Firebase, both of which were implemented with JavaScript.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into many challenges like integrating realtime database.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are able to familiar ourselves with Google Firebase and Google Maps API.
What we learned
How to use Google Firebase and Google Maps API.
What's next for Crime Rates Map
Scrape more data from different sources to create a better crime rates map.
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