Fuego Report (Team 31)

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Inspiration

ICE reports of some raids are publicly available online but updated quarterly, excluding data that may paint the government poorly. With Fuego Report, people can report real crimes/raids to help their neighbors prepare. They can give the location, time, and day of the raid as well as a description of events if desired.

What it does

Users can submit a report to Fuego Report without using an email or sign-in system. This ensures user identity remains private. People may report with a street address or coordinates but may add more details as they please. We also supply undocumented immigrants with resources to transition into legal status.

How we built it

We used the Google Maps API to set up a canvas for users to drop pins. We then used user input next to the API to drop pins down on the map based on the latitude and longitude coordinates of the address.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into a lot of trouble saving a data point onto the map to update the location. Eventually, we ended up just storing the locations locally. In the future, we hope to begin storing locations into a dataset that all website traffic can see demonstrated on their map. We also had difficulty using a Geocoding API to extract the address info and convert it to coordinates for Google Maps API.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We had never used any API before, and we are happy that we have one of the two we planned to use up and running. We are also incredibly proud of the teamwork and friendship that we have developed.

What we learned

We learned how to use Google Maps API. We were able to place it into our website and modify it so that it fit our needs.

What's next for Fuego Report

Currently, anyone can publish a report without having to be verified. This opens the door for spamming and trolling activity. In the future, we plan to ensure that all Feugo Reports must go through an algorithm that checks the report's authenticity. If the algorithm fails, users may report strange reports to us so that we may remove them.