Spots is a web application designed to help students find open classrooms for studying. When libraries and other common study areas are full, students can use Spots to locate available classrooms in real-time, offering more options for quiet and productive study spaces on campus.

• Displays open classrooms across the University of Waterloo campus.
• Sorts classrooms based on proximity to the user’s current location.
• Provides up-to-date availability of classrooms.
• Interactive map to visualize classroom locations.
• List view of classrooms with real-time status updates.

• Next.js: Handles server-side rendering and provides a robust React-based framework for building the frontend UI.
• Mapbox GL: Provides the interactive map to display classroom locations on the University of Waterloo campus.
• Tailwind CSS: Used for styling the UI components with utility-first CSS for responsive and consistent design.
• Geolocation API: Retrieves the user’s current location to sort classrooms by proximity.

• Flask: A lightweight Python web framework to handle API requests and logic for retrieving and processing classroom availability data.
• Requests: A Python library used in Flask to fetch classroom data from external APIs.
• Haversine Formula: Implemented in the backend to calculate the distance between the user and classroom locations based on coordinates.

• User Authentication: Allow users to log in and save favorite classrooms.
• Notifications: Send alerts when a classroom is available or about to close.
• Schedule Integration: Connect with class schedules to avoid occupied classrooms.