FindU
Welcome to FindU! The world's best UFO Tracking Site
OUR OBJECTIVE
The objective of our project is to give you, the user, the ability to keep track, and stay updated on all of the latest ufo sightings (as of 2022).
We try to keep our minds and eyes open, especially late at night when the aliens least expect it... When the map is opened, you can take a look at the many points of interests laid
out on the map. Each point of interest will have a date, location, and description on the events that took place during the siting.
So far we have managed to populate Thousands of sightings are reported every month, with every submission sent our way, we are one step
closer to proving the existence of extraterrestrial life, all thanks to our amazing community!
If you would like to help support
our community, share you findngs with us through our contact page.
UNDER THE HOOD
To get our project up and running we combined a few key components such as...
- MapQuest API: An API that we can use to access a map of the world; this enables us to link a JSON file which we use to populate the map with different sightings and data points. The data points act as markers to indicate where sightnings took place.
- A geocode API: The Geocode API helps us identify sighting locations as accurately as possible; From country, to state, to city, all the way down to the exact coordinates.
- A bootstrap plugin: Allows us to store the data submitted by other users to a local database, where they can log in to access the the web app and report sightings.
Click the link below to check out our tracker map.
GROUP MEMBERS
This project was created by the members of group 7; Liban Duale Alice Liu, Shaun Nelson, and Matthew Witter.