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![Screen Shot 2022-03-10 at 2 49 43 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5296671/157765351-7674ffb8-0fbb-4c3a-9b60-4ad4dd989090.png)

As of right now, the persistence of photos in in the local file system, but the metadata is in firebase. We are going to change this operate on a local install
As of right now, the persistence of photos in the local file system, but the metadata is in firebase. We are going to change this operate on a local install
of MongoDB.


## Basic Idea

The goal of this project is to allow a group of people, perhaps in an emegency situation, to geotag locations
The goal of this project is to allow a group of people, perhaps in an emergency situation, to geotag locations
to be on a map. Like all Public Invention projects, it is free-libre open source.

Imagine using your phone to place a red tag on a flooded area, or where a person needs help, and
green tag on a road which is passable.

More generally, the ability to quickly upload a photo and have it reliably placed in time and space
with the "EXIF" data typically embedded by modern phones will allow a GUI that is a valuable journalastic
with the "EXIF" data typically embedded by modern phones will allow a GUI that is a valuable journalistic
record of an event.

In particular, this response was made in response to the invasion of the Ukraine by Russia and
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To pull in all needed libraries.

The fundamenal way to run it without
The fundamental way to run it without
using heroku and Procifle is to set certain environment variables that contain "secrets":

> export apiKey=
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> node server.js

The web application with then be running on port :3000.
The web application with then be running on port:3000.

## Ancient History

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