Historic NashGuessr
Goals
Utilize the National Register of Historic Places dataset from the National Park Service.
Give the user a fun way to interact with listed places in Nashville
Provide an opportunity for the user to learn more about those places
Summary
The user plays a game using National Register of Historic Places data. An image of a historic place is supplied and the user must guess the location of the building in Nashville on a map. With this web application, the user can save place data, view scores and add notes.
nashguessr.meganbrown.codes
github.com/megbrown/Historic-NashGuessr
Technologies
The Web Application
The user logs in and is authenticated with google.
An information modal provides background and directions for using the app.
Each user has a home page with saved places and scores. This is where they can access a new game.
After the user clicks 'play game', they are presented with a random image from a collection of historic place images from the National Register of Historic Places place data.
Next, the user is given a map to place a pin where they think the historic place in the previous image is.
Using Google Maps Api distance matrix methods, the distance between the user's guess and the actual location is measured and a score is assigned based on how close the user was to the correct location.
The user can access detail pages after playing a game and from their homepage. There are links to the National Register Nomination and additional photos, if they exist, for the selected place.
