travel log android smartphone application

Travel LogAndroid Smartphone

Application

By Thu Nguyen Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Janowicz

GEOG 596A – Capstone Project

Objective

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Develop a smartphone application for trip planning and tracking itinerary, by utilizing location-based and GPS technologies, as well as, the Cloud Computing for data storage.

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Massive amount of unmanageable travel

documents

Scrapbooking is time consuming, expensive, not real-

time

A solution is needed to save time on trip planning and

journaling.

Motivation

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Smartphone Solution

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Highly active, always available personal itemAll-in-one device

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Free download from Android Store

Require high-speed internet

Off-line mode available

Trip Planner

Expected Results

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Real-time weather forecast

Near-by gas, restaurants, etc.Insert marker, picture, video, notes to mapBookmark to Favorites

Expected Results – Cont.

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Android Platform Google Cloud storage

Web Picasa for photo album YouTube for video Google Docs for other file format

Data Access via Google Restful API SQLite database

Methodology

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Android UI Design pattern Action Bar Popup menu Fit multiple resolution and density Support both Portrait & Landscape

views

Methodology – Cont.

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YouTube Unlimited File size < 2 GB limit

Picasa Web Album 1 GB free Photo < 800 x 800 pixels don’t count

toward your storage quota

Data Storage & Cost

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Google Docs 1 GB free all non-Google Docs file

extensions Document created in Google Docs

don’t count toward your storage quota Additional space cost $0.25/GB/yr

Can be shared between Picasa and Google Docs

Data Storage & Cost – Cont.

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Google Place API

Twitter API Wiki

WunderWIKI Weather API

Web Service API

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System Infrastructure Hardware

Windows Lab Top Droid 2 smartphone

Data Storage Picasa Web Album YouTube Google Docs SQLite database

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System Infrastructure – Cont.

Software Adroid SDK Toolkit JDK 6 Eclipse IDE 3.4 or greater Eclipse JDT Plugin, Android

Development Tool (ADT)

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Architecture Diagram

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Functional Grouping Trip screen Destination screen Action Bar Pop-up menu

UI Design Database Design

System Design

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Create new trip

Trips listing

Pop-up menu

Trip UI

Show mapNotesDelete

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Map of destinations

Destination UI

Photo albumVideoNotesZoom inZoom outAdd markerDelete marker

Pop-up menu

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Favorites Find Place

Zoom to my position

Weather Forecast

Exit

Action Bar

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Favorites

Pop-up Menu

Show on mapWalk toDrive toShow detailsCall

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Find Place

Walk toDrive toShow DetailsAdd to favoriteCall

Pop-up Menu

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Zoom to my position

Show DetailsAdd to favoritePop-up Menu

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Weather Forecast

My positionFavoritesSearch

Pop-up menu

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Database Design

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April 2011

Create SQLite databa

se

May 2011 Widget

on home screen & Trip Screen

June 2011

Destination

screen

July 2011 Action Bar

August 2011

Destination

pop-up menu

Demo at a local GIS User

Group

Implementation Timeline

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Questions & Answers