Yellow Brick Rd

Inspiration

Walking home at night doesn't always feel safe in Berkeley. We wanted to find out where crimes are more likely to be committed so that we knew what places to avoid when walking alone.

What it does

Yellow Brick Rd combines a crime heatmap of the City of Berkeley with Google Maps walking directions in order to help you find the safest path to walk.

How I built it

JavaScript, Node.js, Heroku, Google Maps API, CSS/HTML

Challenges I ran into

Finding the optimal framework to use for the front end. Finding proper ways to visualize crime data on a map.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Successfully combining different parts of the Google Maps API into one web application.

What I learned

Became more familiar with JavaScript and its various frameworks as well as the Google Maps API

What's next for Yellow Brick Rd

Expand to other cities. Assign safety scores to walking paths.

Built With

• google-maps
• heroku
• javascript
• node.js