Inspiration

TripAdvisor's website is expansive and full of data, but what if you just wanted a quick look at the top 10 places around you?

What it does

Howlet brings a fun new way to look at information about a location--an owl avatar! Each owl is tailored to fit the most relevant data in a quick peek at a location: kind of location, price, rating.

How I built it

We used Google's Data Location API in order to access the users location. After determining the user's location we extract the latitude and longitude, and then make a request to TripAdvisor's API.

Challenges I ran into

TripAdvisor did not provide enough key's and their service soon reached the max request for the day.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Teamwork! Learned many things in a quick period of time.

What I learned

Prior to this experience our team mates did not have much Web Dev experience. After this Hackathon we have a decent understanding of Web Technologies.

What's next for Howlet

More options for narrowing down search results. Mobile Apps.

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