World Map

In this project, we are using the Google geocoding API to clean up some user-entered geographic locations of the best universities in the world and then placing the data on a Google Map.

Implementation:

We ask for a set of data in the where.data file from the user, here you may enter locations of any type.

I have used this file to highlight all of the world's best Universities which where on any checklist for my

Undergraduate degree.

Use the API to fetch the exact locations of these Universities. We then save it in a sql database.

Please check the poster file in the Repository for more information

And then creates a visualization using a json file (which has all the data dumped into it from the database), The result is a World Map.

Visualization:

Notes:

• Due to the rate limiter in the API, we have to be very efficiant in using the API
• First, we take our input data in the file(where.data) and read it one line at a time
• Second, retrieve the geocoded response and store it in a database
• As of December 2016, the Google Geocoding APIs changed dramatically. All the Google Geo-related APIs require an API key.
• Simply open where.html in a browser to see the locations. You can hover over each map pin to find the location that the geocoding API returned for the user-entered input.
• If you cannot see any data when you open the where.html file, you might want to check the JavaScript or developer console for your browser.
• No future mass commits to main are allowed