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The free-stuff map

Use with: build-website. Resume line when done: Built {project_name}, a field-verified map of free public resources near {place} — live at {url}

Brief

A page mapping every water fountain, public bathroom, and free wifi spot near your school, each one checked on foot by you. The verified part is the whole product: anyone can copy a list off the internet, but only you walked there and confirmed the fountain works.

Personalize

Milestones

  1. Define the boundary and categories; make the survey sheet you will carry (paper or phone note).
  2. Walk the area and log every spot: name, location, category, date visited, working or not.
  3. Structure the log into one data file with coordinates or nearest cross-street.
  4. Page live: a map or ordered list grouped by category, each spot with its visit date and note.
  5. Re-verify the three spots most likely to have changed; add a "last checked" date to each entry.

Done means