Moonlight Walking

A recommended walking route that guides you towards the moon using real-time lunar data and Google Maps

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Inspiration

I love walking in the moon light and a recommended path can be a fun tool for people to use

What it does

It determines the moon's current azimuth, altitude and phase. It then calculates a route, recommended time to walk and visualizes the route

How we built it

  • React + TypeScript
  • Google JS API
  • Directions API
  • TailwindCSS + shadcn/ui

Challenges we ran into

Calculating the route, because the suggested route kept sending me into the sea

Accomplishments that we're proud of

My first Google Maps project and that it is yet imperfect

What we learned

Deeper understanding of moon phases, when it rises and sets and azimuth

What's next for Moonlight Walking

  • Improving the algorithm to calculate a perfect route and mobile first version
  • User interaction: set distance and prefered location
  • Caching the route

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