SickBook Maps: Mapping Out the Fight Against Diseases

Inspiration

With diseases being such a major part of life and weak immune systems being common for parents and younger children, it is important that people are aware of diseases they may have come in contact with in order to have security and not know when it’s too late, especially when the disease is preventable with early actions. COVID-19 has brought great stress to many and with some of the group members having family members who are of old age or of weak immune systems, it became more important than ever to be one step ahead of any disease that may come.

What it does

SickBook Maps strives to make sure users are informed of all vaccination and testing centers near them and are marked on the map. This enables a greater ability to fight against disease.

How we built it

1. Blank UI Design
2. Google APIs and Permission integration
3. Map marker clustering and Autocomplete search bar
4. Python and Java code integration

Challenges we ran into

• Simplifying UI Design
• Overuse of libraries
• Map permission errors
• Android App crashes due to many things on the map

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• UI Design
• Marker clustering system
• Firebase usage

What we learned

• Multiple tab UI design
• Android app development
• Python and Java integration
• Google Maps and Places API
• Firebase Firestore in Java and Python

What's next for SickBook Maps

• Add more vaccination and testing centers

Built With

• java