A while ago, I created a Google Maps version of a food map for Washington, D.C. (mostly the VA area). I received a lot of suggestions and feedback. After some rather imprecise thinking, I felt that everyone should participate in creating this food map, so I put the entire food map on GitHub so that everyone can participate in updating and modifying it.

GitHub address:

https://github.com/taojing10/maprepo

Food Map:

https://jingine.com/6436/

Update method:

We welcome everyone to submit merge requests. There's only one JSON file inside; you can simply download it and add the following information:

{ 'name' : 'To Sok Jip', 'address' : '7211 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003', 'description' : 'Commonly known as Army Stew (because I only eat Army Stew there), the shop is very small, there's always a queue, but the Army Stew is really unique, and the owner seems to speak Chinese.', 'longitude' : '38.8313944', 'latitude' : '-77.1933469' }

After merging into the master, it will trigger an update of the JSON file on the server, which will then be displayed on the map.

postscript:

I had previously considered creating a maprepo project where I could put information that everyone needs, such as dog parks, football fields, company headquarters, and restaurants. This way, people could update the project with any discoveries they made. However, I felt that GitHub is primarily a computer science site and has certain limitations. So, I decided to start with this as an experiment. If this approach works, I can launch the maprepo project.