brendajin / birdwatch

An app to visualize bird migration

birdwatch

A #sciencehackday app to visualize bird migration

##Screenshots

##Project Libraries

• Bootstrap 3
• Bootstrap Toggle Switch
• Avibase The world bird database
• Wikipedia

##Bird data sources:

• http://www.birdsource.org/GIS/bwhawk.html
• http://allaboutbirds.org/guide/Baltimore_Oriole/id
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-winged_Hawk

##Contributors

• Andrea - Data, Map Visualization
• Brenda - Node.js/Express, UI
• Kathy - Data-Modeling, Unix, Map Visualization
• Lana - UI
• Melissa - UX, Interaction, Design, UI

##Environment Instructions

• Install Node
• Install Heroku Toolbelt
• Run git clone https://github.com/brendajin/birdwatch.git
• Rub cd birdwatch
• In the project's root directory, run npm install
• In the project's root directory, run foreman start. Your local server will be on PORT 5000

##Jade Templates

• jade-lang
• Sublime Text Package Control
• HTML2Jade Quick Online Converter

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