/trail-picker

Search for activities to see which national parks have what you're looking for, and view weather and directions for each potential park.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Park Picker

An app for exploring our National Parks.

By David Codner, Preston Hill, Michael Gostomski, and Elvin Mathews


Usage

Enter an activity (camping, hiking, swimming, etc...) and enter location information to view the closest parks where that activity is available. After searching, the 10 closest National Parks where the chosen activity is available are displayed. Click on the resulting park cards to view more information, including a driving route, park details and forecast.

Here is a brief demonstration:

demo


Installation

Link to the deployed app:
https://chewy441014.github.io/trail-picker/


Future Development

  • Option for user to select a set of dates.
  • Option for user to select campground options. (tent, rv, trailer length)
  • Show alerts, closures, and events.
  • Add functionality to "discover parks"

Languages and Technologies used

  • JavaScript
  • JQuery
  • Bulma
  • AJAX
  • National Parks API
  • Mapquest API
  • Weatherbit API

License

Please refer to the license in the repository.