Wheel of Lunch makes those difficult lunch decisions for you. Simply enter your location, spin the wheel and let the site suggest a place for lunch.
Under the hood, Wheel of Lunch uses Google Places, canvas, geo-ip location, a custom REST API, a decent amount of geometry, and an auto-expanding search algorithm to ensure that it returns 12 locations no matter where you are.
- Range finder to determine a suitable distance to search for the initial 12 places.
- Place results determined by Google Places API, returns 12 most relevant places
- Get location via Google Maps or by geo-ip location.
- Get directions to recommendation via Google Maps.
- View rating out of 5 for selected place
- Click and draggable wheel
- Search for restuaraunts, food or bar.
- Shareable URL (allows others to view the same results).
- Dynamic Search option to automatically increase search radius until the desired number of results has been found or when a user is in a rural area.
To install all requirement node modules and bower components
npm install
gulp - Build public folder, scss to css, JavaScript linting and Browserify.
gulp dev - Same as gulp but also starts up a local server using BrowserSync.
gulp serve - Only starts up a local BrowserSync server.
- Gulp - Automated task runner
- Browserify - Require modules in a node-like fashion
- Hogan - Dynamic HTML templating
- BrowserSync - Easy synchronised local server for development
When a user is in a rural area and the wheel can not find a suitable number of places within the default search radius, the search will increment until a suitable number is found.
| Increment | Search Radius |
|---|---|
| 1 | 300 |
| 2 | 400 |
| 3 | 500 |
| 4 | 1000 |
| 5 | 1500 |
| 6 | 2000 |
| 7 | 2500 |
| 8 | 3000 |
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Jack Palmer
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