search

RickyC0626 / novu-hackathon-may2023

Join ConnectNovu Hackathon, showcase your skills, push the boundaries of innovation, and meet like-minded community members.
https://connect.novu.co
1 stars 0 forks source link

Display map of NYC using Mapbox & React #2

Closed RickyC0626 closed 1 year ago

RickyC0626 commented 1 year ago

Center of map should start in NYC.

RickyC0626 commented 1 year ago

Status update: Trying different methods and gauging on cost and speed to MVP

Option Pros Cons
Manually generating tiles from MBTiles dataset Free, flexible Takes a long time to set up, need to self host, large directory size (> 2GB), takes a long time to build custom features (directions, search, geospatial analysis)
Mapbox Free tier, has APIs for features like tiles, directions, search Requires card for registration, no budget cap, expenses can balloon if unexpected spike in traffic
Google Maps API Not sure No free plan, cost more than Mapbox (per request)

Will probably go with Mapbox. Putting off building UI for now until backend API is built to process and cache MTA data properly.

Edit: Mapbox doesn't support transit routes, only driving. Can look into something like OpenTripPlanner for transit data, but even that is extremely memory-hungry.

Edit 2: Sticking with Mapbox, but pivoting to different idea. Could display weather overlay (clouds, heat, wind) on top of map.