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Overview

Purpose of this project: Provide a platform for users to check if a property in San Francisco is a soft story building or located in a zone that can be potentially affected by tsunami and liquefaction.

Scope: Includes APIs for tsunami zones, liquefaction zones, and soft story building data. Displays the results on a web interface and updates data daily. In the future the website will report on additional disaster types (landslides, drought, extreme heat, etc.) and may even expand to other cities.

Users: Property owners, residents, and local government officials.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js (React), Mapbox
• Backend: Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy
• Database: PostgreSQL 15 with geospatial extensions (PostGIS).
• Containerization: Docker + Docker Compose.
• Cloud Hosting: Vercel

Onboarding References

• Slack channel
• Project Definition Document
• Kanban Board
• Eng Brainstorming Board