Safe Distance Documentation

Project for the Human Resources Hackathon 2020 Video Presentation

About

• Julian Hecker, frontend and design
• Ian Matlak, react: mobile and web
• Joshua Obogbaimhe: backend API, database

Web Application (Click Here)

Built with React

• Login page
  • Login or register to access the web application
• Home page requests data on fences and user locations from database and displays them on a map
  • Map made with DeckGL and Mapbox
  • App periodically requests new user location data
• New Fence page provides an interface to submit a new geofence to the server
  • Map displays fence before submitting
  • Form has fields for name, description, radius, capacity, and color (rgb).

Mobile Application (Currently looking at)

Built with React Native and Expo.

• When "start tracking" button is pressed, device will periodically send location data to the server via REST API

Raspi Backend (Click Here)

Analyzes the number of wifi-enabled devices within a certain radius of the raspberry pi microcomputer. View working prototype repo

Backend API

The backend consists of NodeJS, Express, and PostgreSQL.

• Node/Express provides routes for API to access saved data.
• PostgreSQL database stores data on user positions and fences.
• Routes:
  • GET /api/users/ Get all user positions
  • GET /api/fences/ Get all geofences
  • POST /api/users/ Update user location
  • POST /api/users/fence Add new geofence