The FootprintFree calculator allows the user to put two markers on the Google Map widget and calculate the CO2 emitted based on the vehicle's miles per gallon, specified by the user. The calculator also finds the number of trees one could save by walking the distance instead of driving.
Our web app is centered around the Google Map installment. We used the Google Maps API to custom-make our map from the ground up. We added an implementation for allowing the user to click on the map and place down markers. Two markers create the shortest drivable distance that is used to calculate the carbon emission.
Originally, Angular Google Maps was used to try and create the map widget, but the decision was made to postpone using Angular until we could better understand it. Also, everything our app was designed to do works except for the final step of converting distance and miles per gallon into grams of carbon emission. Neither of us is fluent in Java Script enough to figure out the issue.
Even so, we're proud that we got the website to work and that our map widget successfully gives the distance between two points on the map. Both of us will still likely work on the program to try and fix the last remaining bug,
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