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, which students can find by easy filtering through their event needs. To promote such events, students can also live share photos and announcements in a forum.

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 Google Maps) that shows 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 Google 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

• Google Maps = $0 (Provided by Google)
• Notepad = $0 (Previously installed in computer)
• Amazon Web Services: $0
• Domain Name and Route 53 server = $12.66

TOTAL: $12.66

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