Panther Park

Panther Park User Interface

Inspiration

Inspired by having difficulty finding parking on campus, driving miles on campus in circles to find a spot, and walking miles to get to class.

What it does

Accesses real time FIU parking availability in each garage, as well with the distance from each garage to the user's destination. Provides the optimal parking suggestion based on time efficiency.

How we built it

HTML, JavaScript, Python. Utilized Google Maps API to integrate a dynamic map with routes. Utilized Selenium for web scrapping real time parking information.

Challenges we ran into

Difficulties figuring out what tools to use for web scrapping, finding where the live parking data lives, faced hurdles as we discovered how to work with the Google Maps API. Many difficulties configuring our Github and VSCode and connecting our json file in our code.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully integrated a Google Maps API and retrieved real time parking data from our university!

What we learned

We all learned new skills (Web Dev, API Usage, Web Scrapping) and stepped outside of our comfort zone!

What's next for Panther Park

Implement accessibility features, include more information about campus facilities, move towards a mobile application, and display available parking garages based on proximity and capacity.

Built With

Submitted to

ShellHacks 2024

Created by

I configured and integrated the Google Maps API into the user interface. I also identified the data required to pinpoint the live parking availability and helped develop the web scrapper.

Emily Salgueiros
I contributed towards the back-end functionalities by web scrapping, and uploading live data and configured the streamlining process of communication between our data and the web page.

ggrau007
I worked on integrating the map onto the front end using the Google Maps API. I also helped out on the UI and made sure the map functionalities blended in well with the interface.

andy diaz
Implementing UI using HTML, CSS and javascript to display a friendly and direct purpose of application. I also helped with the retrieval of getting the latest information about the parking garages in python using selenium( scraping).

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