Busy or Not?

Check real-time crowd levels at local businesses before you go. Our site helps you avoid long lines and busy spots, saving you time and hassle. It’s like checking the weather—but for store traffic!

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Inspiration

The idea for the website came from countless frustrating trips to stores only to find long lines and overcrowded spaces. Wanting to make everyday errands more efficient and stress-free, we set out to create a tool that helps people avoid the hassle and save time by knowing when businesses are busy before they leave home.

What it does

Busy or Not? allows the user to search for a desired location, day, and time in order to see how busy the location is. It generates both the day and week busyness forecasts and provides multiple outputs such as busyness scale, peak and non-peak hours, store hours, and a detailed heat map for the week.

How we built it

The website was built using Vite, Vue3, TypeScript, Tailwind, and DaisyUI for the best possible user experience. We used the Google Places API to implement a high-quality location search engine and the BestTime API to analyze the important traffic data needed for the UI of the website. We used ApexCharts to visualize the week forecast in a heat map. Finally, we hosted our website on Netlify.

Challenges we ran into

Visualizing the data into a heat map Addressing difficulties with the UI/UX portion of the project

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are extremely proud to have achieved our primary goal of creating a fully functional website that lets users know the traffic levels of any specific location they’re interested in.

What we learned

We learned how to integrate APIs and visualize data to create a functional and useful product for a wide range of users.

What's next for Busy or Not?

Responsive design for mobile devices More ways to visualize the data Various UI/UX improvements Adding the previous location search history

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