travel log android smartphone application

Travel LogAndroid Smartphone

Application

By Thu Nguyen Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Janowicz

GEOG 596A – Capstone Project

Objective

GEOG 597a – Capstone ProjectTravel Log

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.


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


Smartphone Solution


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


Free download from Android Store

Require high-speed internet

Off-line mode available

Trip Planner

Expected Results


Real-time weather forecast

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

Expected Results – Cont.


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


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

views

Methodology – Cont.


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


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.


Google Place API

Twitter API Wiki

WunderWIKI Weather API

Web Service API


System Infrastructure Hardware

Windows Lab Top Droid 2 smartphone

Data Storage Picasa Web Album YouTube Google Docs SQLite database


System Infrastructure – Cont.

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

Development Tool (ADT)


Architecture Diagram


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

UI Design Database Design

System Design


Create new trip

Trips listing

Pop-up menu

Trip UI

Show mapNotesDelete


Map of destinations

Destination UI

Photo albumVideoNotesZoom inZoom outAdd markerDelete marker

Pop-up menu


Favorites Find Place

Zoom to my position

Weather Forecast

Exit

Action Bar


Favorites

Pop-up Menu

Show on mapWalk toDrive toShow detailsCall


Find Place

Walk toDrive toShow DetailsAdd to favoriteCall

Pop-up Menu


Zoom to my position

Show DetailsAdd to favoritePop-up Menu


Weather Forecast

My positionFavoritesSearch

Pop-up menu


Database Design


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


Questions & Answers

travel log android smartphone application

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