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Information Kiosks

Information Kiosks. Gordy Pace Director of Applications & Media Development Mike Dreesman Senior Videographer Jamey Maxwell Senior Programmer. The Next Generation. The University of Montana. Located in Missoula, MT Public unit of the Montana University System 13,558 students.

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Information Kiosks

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  1. Information Kiosks Gordy Pace Director of Applications & Media Development Mike Dreesman Senior Videographer Jamey Maxwell Senior Programmer The Next Generation

  2. The University of Montana • Located in Missoula, MT • Public unit of the Montana University System • 13,558 students

  3. ITO Applications & Media • Grant and contract funded development group • University, government and non-profit clients • Custom web applications, video, interactive CD/DVD development

  4. The kiosk project Lewis & Clark Trail Intelligent Transportation System Kiosk

  5. Project background • Bicentennial of Lewis & Clark expedition 2003-2006 • 2,000 miles of Lewis & Clark trail in Montana • Tourism is Montana’s second largest industry • Additional 4-8 million visitors expected

  6. Goals of project • Improve efficiency and convenience for travelers • Enhance safety • Promote tourism • Develop new ITS technologies Bozeman Pass - 06/26/03 09:25 MDT

  7. Funding and partners

  8. Project modifications • Five-year project reduced to one year • Project leadership changes

  9. The kiosks • Travel and tourism information • Road reports, weather, live mountain pass images • Lewis & Clark history and points of interest • HD video and wireless

  10. Lewis & Clark content • VIAs – producers of Discovering Lewis & Clark website www.lewis-clark.org • Barbara Fifer – author of several Lewis & Clark books

  11. Kiosk locations

  12. Use statistics at two sites

  13. High Definition on a Low Budget Mike Dreesman

  14. HDTV What is it? • Part of the new DTV standard adopted by the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC). • Scheduled to replace current analog TV system by 2006 (2009?) • Substantially higher resolution than SDTV. • 16x9 Aspect Ratio • 5.1 Surround Sound

  15. Acquisition • Sony HDW-700a camera • Tyler Mount for aerial footage

  16. Post Production

  17. Delivery

  18. HD Encoding Solutions • Windows Media 9 Encoder • Canopus Procoder • Sorenson Squeeze • Apple QuickTime H.264

  19. The Next Big Thing: HDV • Extremely low cost HD solution • Records to DV tape • Transfer via firewire • MPEG2 compression • Wide-spread industry support Sony HDR-FX1

  20. Technical Development Jamey Maxwell

  21. Technical Development • Technologies • Active Server Pages (ASP) • C# (.NET) • XML • CSV • Access DB

  22. Project Metrics • 72% of development done between May 1st – July 27th 2004 • 4 Developers • Most developers @ .5 FTE

  23. Kiosk System Specs Dell Dimension 4600 • Processor:P4 2.2 GHz • Ram:256MB • Video:GeForce2 GTS 128MB • OS:Windows XP Pro IIS 5.0 SiteKiosk v5.5 • Monitor:Elo 17” LCD Touch Screen

  24. SiteKiosk v5.5 • Secure (replaces OS shell) • Powerful scripting support • Site statistics • Fully customizable/skin-able • Run external applications

  25. Lewis & Clark SiteKiosk Skin • Custom navigation • Custom buttons/links • Customize start page • Carousel (screensaver)

  26. Kiosk Statistics (SiteReport) • Navigations • Usage-Time • Crashes • Errors • By Hour, Day, & Month • Most Requested Pages

  27. Kiosk Status • Stats updated nightly • View last reporting date • View kiosk Statistics • crashes, • navigations, & • active time. • View FTP Connection Log (Separate application)

  28. Update Kiosk Information FTP Server • Windows 2000 Advanced Server • Parse Applications • City Conditions (C# -.NET) • City Forecasts (C# -.NET) • RWIS Cameras (C# -.NET) • Zone Forecasts (C# -.NET) • Road Report (C# -.NET) Kiosk • Custom Sync Application • FTP Connection • Updates every 15 min. • XML • CSV • Access DB

  29. Kiosk – Mantis (HD) Connection • Connected via RS-232 (serial com port) • HDCom • Custom com application • 4 hours of development time.

  30. Wireless Application • ASP.NET mobile web application • Using mobile web controls • Running on separate computer • Accessible from any 802.11b device • Videos • windows media encoder 9 • Save text files for later

  31. Thank You

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