Clone repo and run the following:
Store your personal Google Maps API key in the env folder and ensure you have enabled access to GoogleMaps' Javascript, Directions and Places APIs.
In a second terminal you can optionally do the following:
this will start Django. To use a local version of our backend you will need to replace our deployed backend IP address to "127.0.0.1", by commenting back in the lines with this IP (and removing the lines with the deployed version).