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Credits & Acknowledgements

Kakeru is built on the shoulders of great research, open-source software, and world-class APIs.

Research & Algorithms

Leon Powałka (2023). "Shape-guided Artistic Route Finding."

MSc Thesis · Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · View thesis ↗

Kakeru's per-segment routing, shape-fidelity scoring (RTMV metric), and Douglas-Peucker simplification are informed by this research. Adapted for real-time web use via the Google Directions API, extended with regional travel-mode fallback and text-route generation.

Maps & Routing

Google Maps Platform — Maps JavaScript API, Directions API, Roads API, Geocoding API, Elevation API

mapsplatform.google.com ↗

Activity Sync

Strava — Authentication & route creation

strava.com ↗

Shapes & Icons

The Noun Project — Preset shape library sourced from community-contributed SVG icons

thenounproject.com ↗

AI Shape Generation

Anthropic Claude — AI-powered shape generation from natural language descriptions. No personal data is sent in AI requests.

anthropic.com ↗

Infrastructure

Supabase — Database & user data · supabase.com ↗

Stripe — Payment processing · stripe.com ↗

Replit — Hosting & deployment · replit.com ↗

Typography

DM Sans, Noto Sans JP, Instrument Serif — via Google Fonts

fonts.google.com ↗

Open Source Libraries

Express.js — Web server framework MIT
Drizzle ORM — Database toolkit Apache-2.0
Axios — HTTP client MIT
React — UI component library MIT
Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS framework MIT
Radix UI — Accessible UI primitives MIT
svg-path-parser — SVG path parsing for shape data MIT
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