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Discussions on the method of delivery led our group to decide on developing the iTour application for the iPhone. A web based version was talked about so that any mobile device with access to the internet could access our application, this however seemed to be out of our scope. We narrowed it down to a iPhone application that will be developed based off of a Flash animatic demo.
We decided upon a structure for the program that is similar to a scavenger hunt type of trivia game that will teach users about the current location that they are in. We decided on possible locations within Cocoa Beach, FL to highlight and then attempted to come up with trivia questions for those locations. The group then made a flowchart of the various options within the program from start to finish and their respective outcomes.
During this process the team researched various resources to learn more about developing for the iPhone including video tutorials and Apple Documentation. Objective C is the language that is usually used to develop applications in the iPhone environment. Using the Apple Iphone SDK or software development kit the team experimented with multiple open source frameworks and API's to embed a GPS mapping system within our application.
Mapview, iUiFramework, and Google Maps API were some of the open source resources we experimented with.
The framework we decided to use is called Cloud Made and can be found at www.cloudmade.com. This mapping framework allows for the placement of informational markers on any location in the map. Using and modifying this framework allowed us to create our iTour application.
We coded two markers for separate locations in Cocoa Beach for people to visit and interact with. We then inserted the trivia questions and added the functionality to answer the questions and trigger events to occur if the question was answered correctly or incorrectly. If the answer was answered correctly, the screen flips over and presents the user with information on that location including photos and text, and eventually video.
Discussions on the method of delivery led our group to decide on developing the iTour application for the iPhone. A web based version was talked about so that any mobile device with access to the internet could access our application, this however seemed to be out of our scope. We narrowed it down to a iPhone application that will be developed based off of a Flash animatic demo.
We decided upon a structure for the program that is similar to a scavenger hunt type of trivia game that will teach users about the current location that they are in. We decided on possible locations within Cocoa Beach, FL to highlight and then attempted to come up with trivia questions for those locations. The group then made a flowchart of the various options within the program from start to finish and their respective outcomes.
During this process the team researched various resources to learn more about developing for the iPhone including video tutorials and Apple Documentation. Objective C is the language that is usually used to develop applications in the iPhone environment. Using the Apple Iphone SDK or software development kit the team experimented with multiple open source frameworks and API's to embed a GPS mapping system within our application.
Mapview, iUiFramework, and Google Maps API were some of the open source resources we experimented with.
The framework we decided to use is called Cloud Made and can be found at www.cloudmade.com. This mapping framework allows for the placement of informational markers on any location in the map. Using and modifying this framework allowed us to create our iTour application.
We coded two markers for separate locations in Cocoa Beach for people to visit and interact with. We then inserted the trivia questions and added the functionality to answer the questions and trigger events to occur if the question was answered correctly or incorrectly. If the answer was answered correctly, the screen flips over and presents the user with information on that location including photos and text, and eventually video.
