#Rat Tracker
Moving to a new apartment in NYC? Rat Tracker can help! Just enter your address and see a map of recent rat sightings in your area. Sightings are based on data acquired through NYC Open Data.
Whether you are moving to a new neighborhood or just curious about your own, Rat Tracker can help you find your four-legged furry friends... fast! Rat Tracker will not only map out recent rat complaints in your area, it also provides a handy list of specific addresses to avoid. Data provided by the New York Department of Health via NYC Open Data.
Want to report a rat sighting in NYC? Call 311!
- Parsed NYC Open Data to populate the app
- Implemented a custom interactive map by utilizing the D3 JS library and Google Maps
- Incorporated the Google Maps API to convert user input into latitude and longitude
- Utilized AJAX requests to create a seamless, intuitive single page application
Rails app to help users find rat sightings in their area, or to check out rat sightings reported across all five boroughs of NYC.
Liz Baillie
Justin Kim
Ben Shore
Rat Tracker is MIT Licensed. See LICENSE for details.