Campus Locator – Cell Phone Interface (May06-05)

1. Campus Locator – Cell Phone Interface (May06-05) Abstract Acknowledgements A campus locator is being designed for use by new or prospective students, faculty, staff, or visitors at ISU to find locations of interest and navigate around the campus and its nearby environments. The campus locator will guide the user to various locations, both outdoors (e.g., buildings or points of interest) and indoors (e.g., classrooms, faculty or departmental offices, etc.) The cell phone is envisioned as an I/O terminal, providing the campus locator user with access to a centrally-located database and central processor. Current cell phone capabilities, such as text messaging and Internet accessibility, as well as predicted capabilities, such as voice recognition will be considered. The team would like acknowledge Dr. John Lamont & Prof. Ralph Patterson III for their generous contribution to the project. Operating Environment Interactive Response System Flowchart Problem Statement • User • Any environment that a cell phone can operate properly. • System • The server will be in a heated and air conditioned environment. • To make it easy for new students and visitors to quickly and accurately navigate around campus • To provide accurate simple navigational directions in the following forms • Shortest path routes • Indoor routes • Outdoor routes • Scenic routes • Bike paths • Roads Proposed Approach • Research and gather information on the following • Shortest path algorithms • Voice recognition systems • Software and hardware interface • Create a small demo based on research • Get feedback from faculty and advisor • Provide a detailed report of the outcome User and Uses Assumptions and Limitations • Users include anyone seeking directions to navigate on-campus: • Students (Main User) • Faculty • Visitors • The main use of the campus locator is to provide directions for navigating in and around campus as well as provide additional information such as: • Faculty and staff office hours • Building names • Bus routes and hours of operation • Parking information Assumptions • Continued interest in implementing the on-campus locator system from one or more campus groups • Availability of funds at the implementation stage • Only used for on-campus sites • Limitations • Lack of experience in cell phone programming • Lack of experience in voice recognition systems • Only using basic cell phone services to appeal to larger audience (Text Messaging & Voice) End Product & Deliverables • Deliverables • Specifications report: - specifies how the system works • Final report - details on the implementation of the system. • End product • Campus Locator system Budget Labor at $12.00 / hour$15,312.00 Poster $ 30.00 TOTAL $15,342.00 Closing Summary Client The campus locator would provide easy navigational step-by-step directions to persons seeking them. Additional information such as that of parking, offices hours of faculty and staff, building information and bus routes will be provided. The user will connect to the system through a cell phone. Iowa State University Senior Design Faculty Advisors Team Members Brandon JudasJason McCarthyAmmar RasulKirunda Kiruthi Dr. John Lamont Prof. Ralph Patterson III Project Requirements Technologies Considerations • Design Objectives • Must be cost effective • Provide precise navigational directions • Maintenance should be easily made • Must be easy to use • Functional Requirements • Calculate directions in real time • Provide information of faculty offices, office hours, parking. • Design Constraints • Documentation must be done by May 2006 • Project must be cost effective • Clear and precise directions • Measurable Milestones • Project plan • Design document • Design review • Requirements document/final report • Software Language • Java/ JDBC • Java/ SQLJ • Windows/ C/ C++/ ODBC • Database management • Oracle • Windows/ MySQL • Linux/ MySQL/ PostgreSQL • Shortest path algorithms • Dijkstra’s single source algorithm • Bellman-Ford algorithm Resources • Personal Effort Chart Testing Considerations • Software Test • Unit Test • Integration Test • Functional Test • Interface Test • Directional Test • User-based Test • Alpha Test • Beta Test • Other Resources • Software used was provided by CprE Dept. Project Schedule