Inspiration
You're visiting a new city, and you're excited to explore the new landscape, but being in a foreign environment can also be scary and dangerous. We wanted to create a tool that would allow people to scout areas in advance and stay safe!
What it does
SafeMaps is an interactive map that allows users to visually scout out how safe an area is. Specifically, a heat-layer map expresses how dangerous the area is. Users provide data by reporting crimes or dangerous activities at a specific location. SafeMaps then uses this data to help you identify dangerous parts of town.
How we built it
We utilized the Google Maps JavaScript API Visualization library to make our heat-layer map. Our backend uses Django/Python, hosted by App Engine, and we used Google Cloud-SQL for the database.
Challenges we ran into
The WiFi was horrible, and we didn't have consistent WiFi until around 5:30pm. The WiFi continued to remain unreliable until late at night. This was especially difficult, because we needed the internet to access and learn how to use tools that were completely new to us, such as the Google Maps JavaScript API.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
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What we learned
We learned how to work with many different tools and how to organize and incorporate many working parts together
What's next for Safemaps
Built With
- cloud-sql
- django
- html
- javascript
- maps-javascript-api
- maps-visualizer-library
- python
