Meet Me In The Middle is a tool to help you find the best places to meet up with friends, family, or coworkers. I created it because I wanted to meet up with some friends, but didn't know where to go, and couldn't find a tool that could help.
Inspiration 🧠
I wanted to meet up with some friends on the other side of my state, but I couldn't find any good places and I didn't know enough about the geography of my state. I didn't want to look through every restaurant in the area either.
What it does ❗
You can put in up to 10 addresses, and filter through the time of day, the radius, and the type of meeting spot you're looking for. It'll put all of those markers on the map, and then once you search, you can go through all of the results conveniently marked on the map with their icons.
How we built it 🛠️
Next.js, TailwindCSS, and many of the Google Maps APIs.
Challenges we ran into 💩
It was very difficult to make this both efficient, easy to use, and fast but the Google APIs had routes that worked with my project perfectly. One of the most significant challenges that stopped me from working on this for a few weeks was the $200 limit of free credit.
What's next for Meet Me In the Middle ❓
I want to add more filters and more types of meeting spots to the website and make it available for everyone. I was also thinking about adding ads with Google AdSense within the results so it only shows ads to people that actually search for anything. Those ads would also not take up more real estate on the screen and would be integrated into the results.
Great idea! It’s still a bit difficult to use on mobile which is understandable. What I found challenging was the banner at the top which shows the results. It wasn’t intuitive to swipe left to see the results. I would maybe consider adding a “list view” option. Really love this idea and great building💡🚀
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This is really a great idea! I imagine it will be especially helpful for people who are planning to meet someone for the first time.
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