RouteRacer

Inspiration

We wanted to take a different approach to utilizing the traffic data provided. We figured, since there already is a lot of 'find free parking' apps and ' warning: high traffic roads' on google and apple maps, we wanted to try and make learning about San Francisco fun with the help of Inrix's traffic and travel data.

What it does

Out 90's themed game allows players to race against the computer and find the fastest and cheapest route across San Francisco. We use real- time Inrix traffic and transportation data to compute the fastest solution as well as allow players to walk, ride share and bus across the city with only $15 in their pocket. The real time data changes the difficulty based on the time of day

How we built it

We called the Inrix and Open Street Maps API and located the bus stops, create functions to calculate the time between the starting spot and  a spot of your choosing based on the mode of transportation you have selected.

Challenges we ran into

 A majority of us  didn't know a lot of JavaScript or  html coming into this project so it was difficult learning along the way. It was also difficult locating all the bus stops on  the displayed map as well as creating the computer drawn lines following the roads.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

 We are proud of being able to put the map onto the website as well as getting as far as we have when a majority of us started as low level in JavaScript. We are also proud of our collaboration and ability to create and develop a unique solution to the given problem.

What we learned

We learned that coding, even with the entire internet at our fingers and a group of smart people, is really difficult but the little successes along the way are really gratifying. We learned some front end development as well as creating back end that is able to call and use multiple API's

What's next for RouteRacer

 Hopefully we will be able to make it into an up and fully working game that can be properly demoed, as we ran out of time to get in everything we wanted. Moving on though, we hope to implement a multiplayer setting that allows you to race , in real- time, against other people in your city as well as a leaderboard to track all time high scores. We also hope to bring other cities into the game and let a player choose both beginning and end locations in order to plan out their travels in the fastest and cheapest way possible.

Built With

• data.sfgov.org
• inrix
• openstreetmap
• vue.js