iosnewbie2016 / googlemaps-offline-navigator

Open Source Project for Grow with Google Udacity Scholarship Challenge - Navigation app using offline first strategy and google maps api - To get started please refer to the README.md - CONTRIBUTING.md and the project Wiki

Getting Started

See the Guide on how to contribute here for instructions on how to fork and set up your repository.

Installing Dependencies

In the root directory of your newly cloned project npm install

In the client directory of your project npm install

Skip this next part if you know what you are doing

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Noob tip

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Get Google Maps API key

• In the config subdirectory you will find secrets-*example.json. Copy it's contents to a new file called secrets.json in the same directory.

• Next get a Google Maps API key

  • Click on the button

  • This will take you through the process

  • Note: If you have an existing API key, you may use that key. Detailed instructions

• Open secrets.json and under googlemaps, paste your API key and save

Install mongodb

You also need to install and have running mongoDB - Directions can be found here

Update and run

When update has completed go to where you installed the project and run npm install again to install dependencies in the root and client directories. This will update the project with any new packages added to the file package.json in your project.

When finished, in the project's root directory type npm run dev. This will start the dev servers on localhost:8080 & localhost:8081 respectively

About googleMaps-offline-navigator

This is an open source project for Grow with Google Udacity Scholarship Challenge - Navigation app using offline first strategy and google maps api

The idea for this project is to build a progressive web app utilizing the technologies learned in the Grow with Google Udacity Scholarship challenge.

The project idea - build a navigation app that will store a local copy of pre selected directions and maps so that navigation continues to work properly in poor to no signal scenarios.

The stack - this will be a node app utilizing Preact for the front end.

Pull requests are welcome!

Table of Contents

• Main Goal
• Features
• About the application
• Where to get the files
• Key files included
• Requirements
• ToDo

Main Goal

The main goal of the app is to provide the user with a map interface that they can use on their mobile device and that will continue to be useful in poor to no signal environments.

Features

• The interface will display a map of a designated area

• Users will be able to:

  • Search for a location
    • By typing into a search field
  • Drop a pin at a location
    • By placing a pin on the map
    • By clicking 'drop pin' next to search results
  • Get directions to a selected location from:
    • Their current location
    • Another dropped pin
  • Save a dropped pin
  • Save a set of directions
  • View list of dropped pins ('saved places')
  • View list of directions ('saved directions')

• The app will:

  • Use the Google Maps API to:
    • Display the map
    • Provide a search interface
    • Provide a current location
    • Provide directions
  • Interface with a database to save a users:
    • Saved places
    • Saved directions
  • Maintain last state on loss of signal including:
    • Current map View
    • Saved places
    • Saved directions

About the application

• Node backend
• React Frontend
• Google Maps api
• Service Workers
• MIT License

Where to get the files

• This repository

Key files included

• Files

Requirements

• Requirements

ToDo

• Improvements