Inspiration
We wanted a novel feature to help travellers find new places to go. We started from the basic point-of-view that we would simply take a Google Maps location rating, and serve the lowest rating to the user first. As that had the highest chance of having not been visited by the user yet. The project functionallity developed from that.
What it does
It recommends users multiple itineraries to select from, with each itinerary having one or more POIs. The POIs are selected from a combination of a user's Google Maps history (which a user must link on account registration). And a combination of existing Maps reviews, user surveys, and more, to generate a list of POIs in each itinerary that a user may be interested in but most likely have not visited or would not consider in the first place.
How we built it
We built the frontend in ReactJS, backend in Python, and the presenetation in Prezi.
Challenges we ran into
We had to refine the idea again and again. Being served only one-star Maps ratings at the beginning did not sound too appealing. So we had to alter the returns to at least have the possibility that the user would be interested in.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Managed to complete the entire codebase with plenty of the time to spare.
What we learned
If we do not sleep, then we will have time.
What's next for YOLO
See if we can develop the idea further, by testing actual API implementations.
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