Neighboorhood Maps (Version 2)

This is the Udacity Neighborhood Map Project. It was build by using various APIs. This includes Google Maps API and other location-based services like Foursquare API.

Live Demo

Click Here to Watch my Neighboorhod Map.

About myNeighborhood Maps

My neighborhood map shows places around Belfast, United Kingdom that uses Google Maps & FourSquare API along with some helpers such as Bootstrap, Knockout.js and JQuery. If the user clicks on the marker, an infowindow will pop out showing the information of the place with name, address, phone and so on.

There are some additional functionality such as search function to discover places to visit and do in Belfast, and a listview that help user to look for the information of the place with ease. The filter function also helps to filter the listview as you type. In return, it displays the place's name that the user are looking for.

The neighborhood map is very responsive, it runs on tablet and mobile as well.

Software Implementation

• AJAX
• Javascript Design Patterns
• Google Maps API - Markers & Controls
• FourSquare API - Venue & Explorer
• Bootstrap - Components-list-group (Custom content)
• JSON
• Gulp.js (Minification)

Gulp Installation & Resources Used

• Setting Up a Project with Gulp (This steps only apply after node.js & gulp in desktop is installed)
• Minify-css using Gulp

Errors Encountered & Helpers

• Google is not defined Error https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43792043/google-is-not-defined-google-maps
• Maximum call stack size (Knockout.js) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6095530/maximum-call-stack-size-exceeded-error
• Knockout.js ($root) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30286027/what-is-the-difference-between-root-and-parent
• Utility Function Knockout.js http://www.knockmeout.net/2011/04/utility-functions-in-knockoutjs.html
• Using string.indexOf instead of stringStartWith https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17557789/using-contains-instead-of-stringstartswith-knockout-js

Acknowledgements

• lei-clearsky(Inspiration) - Former Udacity Student