VampireTracker.tech

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  Vampires on the shores, just like in Stoker's works.

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  Zoomed out map.

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  Landing page

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  Satellite view is pretty funky.

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  You can use Street View to walk around.

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  Birmingham had vampire reports in 2005, which surprised me.

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  Mobile compatibility

Inspiration

I like vampire stories. The good ones, anyway.

What it does

Tracks vampire sightings around the UK via Google Maps API, while providing commentary about when/where reports came about.

How I built it

Built from the ground up using Bootstrap. None of that 'drag and drop' for me. I don't exactly have the budget for Squarespace anyway.

Challenges I ran into

APIs and domains are very... demanding of you. It feels like you have to jump through a lot of hoops just to get something to work, and you're often waiting around for things to start working, which is quite problematic when you're doing a race against the hackathon clock.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I made the thing.

What I learned

Bootstrap is sexy and I should use it more often.

What's next for VampireTracker.tech

Someone remind me to disable the API key in case someone pinches it.

Built With

• bootstrap
• css
• domain.com
• google-maps
• html
• infinityfree
• javascript