Campus Quest Your friendly UW Classroom Finder Campus
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Campus. Quest Your friendly UW Classroom Finder
Campus is If you don’t know the campus, finding your way around is difficult. You only have 10 minutes to get between classes Only a handful of maps on campus, and they’re difficult to find Big
Campus. Quest Basically the same idea as Map. Quest, only localized to the University of Washington Campus. Quest would give you easy to follow directions to your classes.
System Requirements • User can enter starting and ending point (classroom number, HUB, bus stop) • Directions may include landmarks (“Pass Drumheller fountain…”) • Gives best entry points in Buildings also (Ever gotten lost in Mary Gates Hall? )
Architecture • Requires a graph-like structure underneath. • We already have short-path search algorithms from 326 • Internet Browser functions well as UI • Relatively Easy to maintain – Layout of Campus doesn’t change often
Lifecycle Plan • Potentially, all major universities might want it. • On-campus businesses will pay up the wazoo to have their locations featured, just like on Mapquest (“Pass Subway on your left…”) • In the immediate future for the UW, but basic architecture can be expanded to include more Universities
Feasibility • Small enough locale that it is feasible. • Needed algorithms already known. Problems • A fair amount of tedious datagathering • How do we measure distance? Is someone going to walk around campus with a pedometer?
