Link Local

A way for people to pinpoint local business and save their favorite ones during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Businesses themselves can update their own information on the spot as well.

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Inspiration

The Covid-19 Pandemic kept local businesses healthy and accessible, but local family-owned businesses were hurt badly, so we wanted to shed light on the local businesses.

What it does

Takes the user's location, and shows all local restaurants around the location in a ~50 mile radius. User can save certain locations, and businesses can update information about their business on the spot!

How I built it

Django, HTML, and CSS were used to create the framework. Python was used to create user accounts, save locations for a user, and create Login, Register, and Add Extra information pages. Google Maps JavaScript API was used to display map, and Places API was used to show all the local restaurants.

Challenges I ran into

Accessing one part of the Location triggered other factors in the location, which caused a bunch of errors.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We allow businesses to update information on the spot.

What I learned

The Google Maps JavaScript API is very accessible in many aspects.

What's next for Link Local

Generalizing local restaurants to local businesses and adding more spots on the API.

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