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Student utility platform

Campus Navigator

Accessible campus directions and smarter route suggestions for students finding their way around.

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Next.jsDjangoPostgreSQL
  1. 01

    Add keyboard navigation

    Good first issue

    Open

  2. 02

    Improve route matching

    2 contributors

    In review

  3. 03

    Document the map API

    Docs / 45 min

    Ready

Areeba joined the build

Accessibility / Frontend

Contribution accepted

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  1. 01

    Campus Navigator

    Next.js · Django

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Add keyboard navigation

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  1. Issue published

    Keyboard navigation

  2. Areeba applied

    Frontend · accessibility

  3. Maintainer accepted

    Scope confirmed

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    Pull request #128

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Builder record / 076

Ali Mahmood

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Projects
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Accepted PRs
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Latest accepted contribution

Campus Navigator · accessible route controls

PR #128 ↗

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