I'm often finding that there is a frustrating lack of straightforward guidance in one place online listing cafes or restaurants that are exclusively vegetarian or vegan (surprisingly enough, given my location in North-East London). The app could take your location and return a clickable map that shows nearby exclusively vegetarian/vegan cafes or restaurants in the capital. It wouldn't include cafes/restaurants whose menu is mainly a meat option, but which does have a vegetarian/vegan menu.
If the user clicked on a nearby cafe/restaurant, it could come up with information about that cafe, including opening times, prices, and a menu.
Who are the stakeholders?
Any member of the public who is trying to find out where there are exclusively vegetarian/vegan cafes/restaurants in their area.
Other considerations
- The app would have to allow location GSD.
- If there is a detailed description of nearby vegan cafes/restaurants, this presumably would have to come from an existing API
- There should be a sign-up service with validation. The user should be able to log-in and then see their bookmarked restaurants/cafes.
What is currently being done to solve this problem?
There are professional apps already such as HappyCow and Vegan Apps that provide this service, but my app would specifically focus on just London.
What technology might be interesting to explore?
The app could utilize OpenStreetMap, which I believe is open-source and free compared to Google Maps (?).
Project Name: VeggieFind
Describe the problem you'd like to solve
I'm often finding that there is a frustrating lack of straightforward guidance in one place online listing cafes or restaurants that are exclusively vegetarian or vegan (surprisingly enough, given my location in North-East London). The app could take your location and return a clickable map that shows nearby exclusively vegetarian/vegan cafes or restaurants in the capital. It wouldn't include cafes/restaurants whose menu is mainly a meat option, but which does have a vegetarian/vegan menu.
If the user clicked on a nearby cafe/restaurant, it could come up with information about that cafe, including opening times, prices, and a menu.
Who are the stakeholders?
Any member of the public who is trying to find out where there are exclusively vegetarian/vegan cafes/restaurants in their area.
Other considerations
- The app would have to allow location GSD.
- If there is a detailed description of nearby vegan cafes/restaurants, this presumably would have to come from an existing API
- There should be a sign-up service with validation. The user should be able to log-in and then see their bookmarked restaurants/cafes.
What is currently being done to solve this problem?
There are professional apps already such as HappyCow and Vegan Apps that provide this service, but my app would specifically focus on just London.
What technology might be interesting to explore?
The app could utilize OpenStreetMap, which I believe is open-source and free compared to Google Maps (?).