locaChat

You are unknown, but not alone...

A location-based chat-app to share important/interesting information to the nearby users anonymously. Let's say a user A broadcasts a message in the super chat interface provided in the App. The chat will be visible to all the users using the App within a 2km radius of user A.

Description

This app would allow users to anonymously send messages to other users based on their location. The app would be useful for transmitting important information to strangers in one's vicinity, such as alerts about a natural disaster or a crime or just a discussion about things happening in the surroundings. Users would be able to broadcast messages to any other user within that radius of 2km using the app. Chatrooms for special events would also be possible using the app.

Objective of the project

There are many crucial problems locaChat is capable of solving :

1) Share vital information about surrounding :

There are times when we feel lost and confused in a location, ask locaChatters. They will guide you around the area and suggest must-visit places. Questions like good places to eat or free car parking spots or events happening around your location can be reliably answered.

2) Maintaining anonymity while sharing information with a crowd :

There are certain risks this application carries like Identity Theft, Information Misuse and User's physical security. To overcome them, the identity of any user will not be revealed. We will have only google account sign-in and email sign in options in our app.

3) Conveying weather and disaster alerts effectively:

At times of unexpected disasters, the panic and stampede makes effective communication impossible. locaChat comes to the rescue here. A simple text message can save precious lives.

4) Conveying crime and security alerts effectively :

Alert others of dangers in the area anonymously, such as a gunman on the loose, robbery, terrorist activities.

Features

1. Ability to share important info with people nearby anonymously.
2. Ability to send an SOS to the people nearby.
3. Creating chat-rooms for offline events, which can be entered using just a room-code. This can be used to share info/opinions regarding event anonymously.
4. Avoiding cyberbullying and hate speech through message preprocessing using NLP.

Technologies used

Frontend technologies:

• React Js

Backend technologies:

• Node Js

Deployment server and Database functionality:

• Firebase

Authentication:

• 0-Auth