Inspiration
Tefillas Haderech is a very important halacha that many people are not careful with observing. There are many halachos about the exact time that the prayer should be said and we hope this app will help people to improve their observance of the law.
What it does
Users can input their starting and ending location. Our Android app accepts the data and, utilizes the Nominatim API to retrieve the latitude and longitude of the two locations. That information is then passed along to the back-end which then returns information about the correct time to say the prayer. At the optimal time, an alarm will ring reminding the user to say this special prayer for safety while traveling.
How we built it
The front-end was built using Android Studio. It was connected to the Nominatim API. The back-end was built using Python, Flask server, and spatial data-processing with gdal.
Challenges we ran into
Lack of time and sleep. Technical difficulties including finding a good resource for geographical information and some internet connectivity issues with the Android emulator.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we learned a lot of new skills and were able to complete some finite steps integral to producing our final app.
What we learned
We learned that an entire application cannot be created in one night. Also, gdal is pretty complicated.
What's next for Tefillas Haderech App
We would like to look for funding so we can continue our efforts in producing this app that will make an important different to travelers worldwide.
Built With
- android-studio
- flask
- gdal
- java
- nopinatim-api
- python
