SyMap

Have you ever been curious about the spread of symptoms in your local community? Take a look at SyMap and see if it's safe to shake hands with a stranger you just met.

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Inspiration

Individuals living in high density areas are not aware of the health of the people in their community. Without this knowledge, they can't be prepared for what illnesses could be spreading in their area.

As college students, we were inspired to solve this problem as we found it very easy to contract illnesses from our classmates and those close to us living on campus. Moreover, with the rise of COVID-19, it’s all the more important for us to stay healthy and not spread sickness. Having a webpage that would inform us of different symptoms that are prevalent in our area will make it easier for us to know how to properly stay safe and healthy.

What it does

SyMap is a web app that displays a grid-based map of the different types of symptoms prevalent in different areas by gathering information about a user’s current symptoms which is then discretely added and displayed alongside other reports. Users can sort/filter by symptom type, there is a notification feature that emails after a week before erasing the data point to ensure the map is updated regularly, users can delete past report history so they are in control of their data.

How we built it

We used a mixture of Javascript, Typescript , React.js, Node.js, CockroachDB, OAuth, Google Maps, Places API

Challenges we ran into

We had were too ambitious for a 24-hour hackathon and ran out of time to fully build our idea out. It was also our first hackathon so we were not aware of how much work we would be able to get done in such a short amount of time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud that we at least got an idea fully fleshed out that we could explore if we had more time to.

What we learned

We learned to temper our expectations for what we could do in a short amount of time and to keep it simple next time we participate in a hackathon.

What's next for SyMap

Finish implementing live showing and refreshing. Pulling from database more efficiently when viewing on map Colleges and nation-wide health systems/hospitals can integrate the web app into their symptom tracking systems. Health insurance companies can potentially collaborate with hospitals in the web app to provide insurance coverage recommendations based on users’ inputs, including locations and symptoms, in the web app.

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