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ParkWise — Smart Parking Management System

Final Year Graduation Project, Addis Ababa University · Team of 4

A full-stack parking platform with role-based dashboards, real-time availability, map discovery, AI-assisted recommendations, facility comparison, favorites, and navigation.

RoleSystem Design & Documentation Lead
StatusCompleted as a four-member computer science graduation project; repository private.
CategoryAAU graduation project
ParkWise parking map

01 · Overview

The project

ParkWise was designed to simplify how drivers discover and evaluate parking facilities. The system combines live availability, location services, structured comparisons, recommendations, and management tools in one web platform.

02 · Contribution

My role

System Design & Documentation Lead — defined requirements, user flows, and system documentation; directed AI-assisted implementation of the frontend and backend. The project was built by a team of four.

03 · Product

Key features

Real-time parking availability
Interactive map-based facility discovery
AI-assisted parking recommendations
Distance, price, availability, and traffic-aware comparison
Favorites and navigation to selected facilities
Role-based facility management dashboards
Manual and API-integrated parking facilities
Secure authentication and session management

04 · Implementation

Technical architecture

1

React and TypeScript web client

2

Node.js and Express REST API

3

Prisma with PostgreSQL

4

MapLibre location experience

Technology

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsExpressPostgreSQLPrismaMapLibreREST APIDockerVitest

05 · Process

Challenges and decisions

Documented requirements and user flows before directing implementation across the team.

Presented recommendation outcomes without publishing the private scoring formula.

Kept the repository, data model, and commercial model private while commercialization is being considered.

Privacy and project access

Case study only. The source repository and commercially sensitive implementation details are not public.

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Inside the product.

ParkWise parking map
Parking discovery experience

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