Tour Guide Customizable map guide and path finder

Tour Guide Customizable map guide and path finder. By Saurabh Zadgaonkar Cpsc 663

Outline l l l l l Overview. Application Modes. Generic User Flow Admin User Flow Sample Output. Features Technology Conclusion.

Overview l Web based application. l Guides tourists to a new location. l Multiple maps selection. l Provides the shortest path as output. l Output in text and graphical format. l Mobile and Web clients.

Application Modes l Generic User l Admin Mode

Generic User l Acts as information provider. l No authentication required. l Mobile phones and web browser supported.

Generic User Flow Visit Page. l Search in Two modes. l Destination is selected from search result. l

Administrators l Uploads new map. l Add/Edit Places (nodes). l Connects places by adding paths (connectors) between them. l Privileged users requires authentication.

Admin User Flow Start Application Nodes are places like classrooms, dorms, food courts etc. l The position of a place is stored as pixel coordinates in database. l Log In. Add/Edit Map (upload Gif file) Add Nodes/Places in Database. Connect Nodes/Places By adding Edges (connectors) Define Orientation between Paths

Sample Output

Admin User Flow Connectors consists of roads, stairs, elevators etc. l Connectors are stored as polygon area. l

Features l l l Highly Flexible and customizable application. Easy to use for generic user. Provides web access and mobile access. Text output to mobile users. Text and graphical output to web based users Shaded shortest path as graphical output.

Technology Used l Microsoft l ASP Technologies . Net l C#. l Visual Studio. Net. l MS Sql Server. l IIS.

Further Development l “Sub-Map” functionality Zoom in to a part of map. l More than one sub-map related to parent map for detailed viewing. l l Report generation l WBMP images for the mobile users.

Conclusion l Proof of concept. l Customizable. l System. Drawing l Image caching.

Acknowledgements l Dr Pargas. l My classmates of 663.