Wash U Doing

Project Overview

Wash U Doing is a novel interactive website bringing Washington University students and student groups together. On-campus WUSTL groups will have the opportunity to create events on Wash U Doing, through which students can to stay updated with events on campus. To promote such events, students can also live share photos and announcements.

Members

• Kristine Ehlinger, Systems Engineering '20
• Carol Pazos, Systems Engineering, Operations and Supply Chain Management '20
• Dylan Zubata, Systems Engineering, Economics and Strategy '20
• TA: Natalie Ng

Objectives

• Display an annotated map (from ArcGIS) that shows popular destinations on campus including all major buildings on campus
• Have an interactive live-feed to which website visitors can upload pictures and send announcements for meetings and events
• Access the complete website from both our demo laptop and visitors cell phones

Challenges

• Learn how to code using HTML
• Figure out how to encode the arcGIS map into the webpage
• Learn how to create a live-feed network on our website
• Finding a way to allow people to upload photos and announcements into the feed
• Create a search box so that users can find the locations from announcements on the map
• Complete annotations on WUSTL campus map

Budget

• ArcGIS coding software = $0 (Provided by WashU)
• Device with iOS = $0 (Provided by team members)
• Eclipse Software = $0 (Previously installed in computer)
• Notepad = $0 (Previously installed in computer)
• Domain name and Web Hosting: ~$15, $4.99/month for 3 months (https://www.godaddy.com/hosting/windows-hosting)

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