Outside Bound

Outside Bound matches campgrounds with nearby hiking trails. Users can plan a weekend camping getaway with ease, and discover new trails nearby.

Link to Heroku-hosted site

https://outside-bound.herokuapp.com

Features

• Users can click on a city and see a list of nearby campsites and trails
• Under each campsite is a list of the top 3 closest trails
• Each campsite has a link to a page at Reserve America
• Each Trail has a link to get more information at Every Trail
• All campsites near each city are displayed on a map
• Trails near campsites also appear on the map

Screenshots

Technologies used

• Javascript
• Backbone
• Underscore
• jQuery
• Reserveamerica API
• Everytrail API
• Elasticsearch
• Amazon Elasticsearch Service
• Mapbox
• Cheerio
• Node
• Express
• Bootstrap

Future plans

• Add more cities
• Provide a search box to search by location

Installation

• Clone Git repo
• npm install
• Obtain access key and secret key for ReserveAmerica and EveryTrail
• Obtain write access to an Elasticsearch endpoint
• Create Elasticsearch trail mapping

{
	"mappings": {
    	"trail": {
        	"properties": {
            	"name": {
                	"type": "string",
                    "fields": {
                    	"simple": {
                        	"type": "string",
                    		"anaylzer": "simple"
                        }
                     }
                },
            	"location": {
                	"type": "geo_point"
                },
                "length": {
                	"type": "double"
                },
            	"location_name": {
                	"type": "string",
                    "fields": {
                    	"simple": {
                        	"type": "string",
                    		"anaylzer": "simple"
                        }
                     }   
                 }
             }
         }
    }
}
                    

• Create Elasticsearch campsite mapping

{
	"mappings": {
    	"campsite": {
        	"properties": {
            	"name": {
                	"type": "string",
                    "fields": {
                    	"simple": {
                        	"type": "string",
                    		"anaylzer": "simple"
                        }
                     }
                },
            	"location": {
                	"type": "geo_point"
                }
             }
         }
    }
}
    

• Configure .env file:

EVERYTRAIL_KEY=abc123abc123
EVERYTRAIL_SECRET=abc123abc123
RESERVEAMERICA_KEY=abc123abc123
ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elasticsearch.example.com/endpoint

• Seed trail and campsite data into Elasticsearch:

node indextrails.js
node indexallcampgrounds.js

• npm run start