EmpowerSafe is a website designed to help users navigate safely through different areas by providing insights into the safety level of those areas based on various factors such as time of day, location, day of week, season, and more. It also provides a chatbot to guide the user to emergency contacts and other action they might need to take.

Features

Safety Assessment: Users can input their destination and relevant information such as gender and whether they are alone, and the application will provide an assessment of the safety level of the area. Police Station Locations: EmpowerSafe shows locations of police stations near the user. Chatbot/Call: Users can engage with a chatbot or make a call for assistance or additional information. Database Integration: Utilizes existing databases to alert users in case they are approaching or in a dangerous area.

Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js Backend: Node.js, Express.js Database: Toronto Police Service Open Data, sklearn, pandas, RandomForestRegression Mapping & Geolocation: Google Maps API Chatbot Integration: Dialogflow API (Vertex AI)

Prerequisites Node.js, npm and pandas installed locally Google Maps API key Dialogflow API credentials Twilio API credentials Installation Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/your-username/saferoute.git Navigate to the project directory: cd saferoute Install dependencies: npm install Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory. Add the following variables: makefile Copy code PORT=3000 GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=your_google_maps_api_key DIALOGFLOW_PROJECT_ID=your_dialogflow_project_id TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=your_twilio_account_sid TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=your_twilio_auth_token Start the server: npm start Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access the application. Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

Fork the repository Create your feature branch: git checkout -b feature/new-feature Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add new feature' Push to the branch: git push origin feature/new-feature Submit a pull request License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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