Welcome to the Take A Hike web application !
This application gives users a tool to find outdoor recreation activities that are near their current location or near a user submitted zip code of interest.
The application identifies outdoor recreation locations in the following types of activities: Hiking Mountain Biking Snow Skiing
As our world becomes more digital, there is a tendency for people to spend more time in front of their computer. The Take A Hike app was designed to give users a tool to potentially offset a sedentary lifestyle.
The Take A Hike app offers users the opportunity to get back to nature and enjoy the health benefits of outdoor recreation.
What if there were interesting outdoor recreation areas near you that were not known to you?
Health benefits such as: increased physical activity, lower stress levels, enhanced well-being, opportunities to socialize, increased self confidence, experience of beautiful places can all start by taking the first step of using the Take A Hike application.
To use Take A Hike:
From the activity bar, use the drop down menu to select an activity of interest.
Next, use the drop down menu to select a “Miles Away” range for your trails search. (If you would like to see locations that are 5 miles away, click the 5 miles away option.)
If you would like your search to just use your current location, click the “Use Current Location” button and wait for your search results.
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If you would like to search for trails near a zip code, enter the 5 digit numeric zip code and click the submit button. Then wait for your search results.
This project was developed by a project team consisting of four students actively engaged in a coding bootcamp from an accredited university.
This project gave the project team experience working with current web technologies such as: JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, HTML GeoLocation API, Google Firebase, Google Fonts, CoverVid.js and several third party APIs.
This project also gave team members useful experience working with deployments to GitHub from shared components.
Project team members also gained valuable design and project management experience by working as a team to deliver a product that met all design requirements within the due date.
Currently, only the project team members maintain and contribute to this project.