/MeSee

MeSee is a web app that helps people make decisions on where to live. Users input information such as income, marital status, age, etc. and an algorithm pinpoints regions best suited for the user using public data. Won Best use of Public API Data at Hack Western 3!

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

MeSee

MeSee consists of 3 components:

  • Javascript frontend:
    • Single page web app
    • Draws fragments on top of Google Maps API to visualize data pertaining to each region/district
    • Communicates with backend
  • Node.js backend:
    • Relay data pertaining to regions for frontend visualization
    • Queries Google Maps API, Yelp API, and scraped data in order to calculate where an user should live using a proprietary algorithm
  • Scripts:
    • Scrape data off Wikipedia and other public sources...data includes income, crime, age, ethnicity proportions, etc.