Where’s the Trash? is a website that provides an interactive map for users to navigate and view all the New York’s Department of Sanitation’s [DSNY] public trash bins. Users can click and view the bins in two perspectives: Citywide and By Borough. In “Citywide” View, users can view all the data points on the map at the same time. In “By Borough”, users can can click on the borough of their choice and only view points corresponding to the borough. Users can also find trash bins near them by clicking the geolocation icon on the map. This is full-stack web development project where I create web server with Node.js and express, store information in a database using MongoDb Atlas, and create a front-end website with an interactive map using Leaflet.js.
The 2 main datasets I use in this project are from NYC Open Data:
- DSNY Public Litter Bins GEOJSON for the geojson file that contains all of the points of the New York Department of Sanitation’s public trash bins
- Borough Boundaries for the geojson file that contains all the points of the 5 bouroughs of NY
