An android application built using Node + Express to simplify the parking situation for Detroit residents by crowdsourcing available parking locations to ease huge wait times - a known problem. Built in partnership with the Data Driven Detroit initiative.
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Parkcore is essentially a web application built using Node.js - served using Express, Pug and MySQL - and eventually transformed into an Android application by using Android WebView.
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Parkcore leverages the Google Maps API (Distance Matrix Services API for Node.Js, Geolocation API for Javascript) to provide real time location; reverse geolocation and best routes to available parking spots.
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Parkcore lets users :
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mark places they vacate as available parking spots
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look for vacant parking spots in the users' vicinity
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Parkcore ranks unoccupied parking spots on the basis of
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time elapsed since it was marked vacated
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time required for shortest route to it
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