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Ahoy! Now everyone can create adventure maps of places they have treasured.
Inspiration
The ability to visualize places we love, have lived in, or have visited on a map. After having relocated to my fifth city in the summer, I became nostalgic about all the places I loved in my previous cities, and I wanted a map to commemorate all the places in a city that I loved. That is what interested me in illustrated maps. I watched videos on YouTube, took a course on skillshare, and used Pinterest to get inspiration
What we quickly realized was the fact that it was far from easy to create such a beautiful map without having drawing tools, illustration software, and design skills.
I ended up with a map that took a long time to draw, didn't look like what I had envisioned, and didn’t even look like a map. I was disheartened to not try again.
What it does
Map the places where we have been and allow us to make our own notes. Make design changes to the background to make it our own.
How we built it
By implementing the Google Maps API to a Reactjs web app.
Challenges we ran into
None
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Getting each one of our desired features to work.
What we learned
How to use the Google maps API with React
What's next for Map Story
User authentication and profiles so that way users can save their maps and share them with family and friends.
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