DICE (Data Improved City Exploration)
Our project seeks to extend the existing Google Maps API using data from data.cityofchicago.org,in ways that improve the lives of everyday citizens' health and safety. These tools are meant to assist people heading outside, whether it be biking or driving.
Features
- Google API now has the ability to select the route
with the least potholes in it
- Select the optimal biking route for exercise
(highest cumulative elevation gain)
- Select the easiest biking route for relaxed biking
(lowest cumulative elevation gain)
USAGE
Clone the repository with the following command:
1. git clone https://github.com/kreloff-01/cache-me-outside-how-bow-dah.git
With python installed, run a simple HTTP server on your localhost
2. python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
Visit the newly-minted site here in a web browser
3. localhost:8080
OTHER SOURCES OF DOCUMENTATION
See also:
- http://data.cityofchicago.org/
- https://developers.google.com/maps/
Contributing:
email your interest to kreloff@wisc.edu
License
Copyright 2017 Ellery Kreloff, Yazeed Sabri, Cormick Hnilicka, Garritt Moede
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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