Inspiration
Our inspiration was looking at the current situation of the world, we saw protests relating to the Black Lives Matter movement and we thought about how we could help this in the history and Harriet Tubman's impact came to our mind so we went with this idea.
What it does
The basis is a map with buttons on locations on the underground railroads. When you hover over and click a button, it will display info such as which route, informing user of dangers around, quality of the railroad, and info about the geography.
How we built it
We used html to create a map and put buttons on the screen with info and css to customize it, add colors, and smaller features.
Challenges we ran into
Our biggest issues were the map and the buttons, the two main components. The map size wasn't to how we wished but the harder issue was the buttons wouldn't show the pop up at all though the code was shown. After debugging only were we able to see how to fix the problem.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Since we are mostly new to this language, the fact that we made a function site was a proud moment. Especially that the buttons worked and were pleasing to the user.
What we learned
We strengthened our coding skills and learned new syntax of languages previously not known. We also strengthened our graphical knowledge and buttons use. We learned more about the BLM movement and more on Hariet Tubman and the railroads.
What's next for Help for underground railroad usage
We wish to add sounds and more visuals to please the user further and we could add more onto the info to make it even more useful for the abolitionists.
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