annotatAR

Prototype Website: annotatar.xyz

Created by: Rachel Boyce (RB) arebe.us

What's all this?

Lo-fi augmented reality for the mobile web, designed to:

• generate locative media from interactions on Twitter
• work on smart devices without installing a native app

More information is available on the project blog.

How to deploy annotatAR

1. Fork this repo

2. Create a new meteor project called "annotatar" with meteor create annotatar and remove the default html, css, and js files from the root - you just need the meteor package files

3. cd into that directory and initialize an new git repo

4. Set the remote to your fork of annotatar with git remote add origin <your url>

5. Pull the repo from the remote (this may take a few moments)

6. Open the packages file in the .meteor directory and add the following:

mrt:twit
lfergon:exportcsv
ejson
iron:router
twbs:bootstrap
houston:admin
dburles:google-maps 

7. Create a settings.json in the project root directory, to store your API keys, with the format:

{
	"twitter": {
		"consumer_key": "xxxxx",
		"consumer_secret": "xxxxx",
		"access_token": "xxxxx",
		"access_token_secret": "xxxxx"
	}, 
	"public": {
		"houston_root_route": "/houston",
		"houston_documents_per_page": "30"
	}
}

8. Run the meteor app with meteor --settings settings.json

9. Deploy to your own server using Meteor Up, instructions for which can be found on the project blog

License

Original code in this repo is licensed under GPLv3. Its dependencies include Meteor.js and jQuery (MIT license).

annotatAR was originally developed as a capstone project as a requirement for ALM in Digital Media Design at Harvard University School for Extension Studies.