Scenic Path

About the Project

As my Final Year Project, I developed Scenic Path — a web application designed to help users discover the most beautiful and memorable driving routes across Ireland.

The application integrates data from OpenStreetMap and the Yelp API to highlight scenic towns, nature trails, restaurants, and hidden gems along your journey. By simply entering start and end locations, users can generate personalized routes and explore rich Points of Interest along the way.

The goal of Scenic Path is to promote local tourism, support small businesses, and enhance road trips with meaningful and scenic stops.

Key Features

Example of a scenic route with towns, points of interest, and user's current location marked using Leaflet.js and OpenStreetMap.

• 🚗 Generate scenic driving routes across Ireland using OpenStreetMap.
• 📍 Discover towns, landmarks, and POIs along your route in real time.
• 🔍 Search for specific places like restaurants, parks, or cafes with Yelp API.
• 📦 View detailed POI information including ratings and direct Yelp links.
• 📌 See nearby towns along the route with markers and popups.
• 📱 Responsive design with sidebar for easy input on any device.
• 🧭 Show your current location on the map to orient your trip.
• 🌍 Multi-country support via country dropdown autocomplete fields.

Documents

• 📄 Design Document
• 📊 Functional Document
• 🗺️ Research Poster

Technologies Used

Leaflet.js

Lightweight JS library for interactive maps with OSM data.

OpenStreetMap

Collaborative mapping platform powering our route data.

Yelp API

Find points of interest like restaurants and attractions.

Python

Used to run Yelp API and serve POIs to the frontend.

PythonAnywhere

Used to host the backend server that connects frontend to Yelp API.

HTML / CSS / JS

The foundation of the web app's frontend interface and behavior.

MongoDB

Database used to store user information such as POIs, saved routes, etc.

Flask

Lightweight Python web framework used to render the frontend and serve routes dynamically.

Contact

Have questions or want to collaborate?

Final Year Project developed under the supervision of Paul Barry.