UniMAP guide: an android based mobile UniMAP interactive map application

Abstract

Nowadays, smart mobile devices are far more than merely devices to communicate with. Especially, smart mobile devices help to make our daily life and work easier. Based on new technologies like GPS and Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) support and with 3 or 4G network, location based application are developed which can be access through these smart mobile devices. In the project, an Android based mobile navigation application which named as UniMAP Guide is developed. Some of the commercial navigation apps like Google Map does not provide detailed route within UniMAP main campus area. Furthermore, UniMAP campus is a distributed around Perlis state, therefore user may easily get lost. In conclude with those problems served as strong motivation to develop navigation apps. In addition to that UniMAP Guide also provide the point of interest around Perlis. UniMAP Guide is developed by using Android Software Development Kit (SDK). The integrated development environment (IDE) which is officially supported for Android apps development and used in this project is Eclipse, which uses the Android Development tools (ADT) plugin. UniMAP Guide is successfully developed and could be installed and tested by using real smart mobile devices. The problem that facing by users can be solved by using this apps as this app enable the user finding the route to specific locations inside and outside the main campus. With the navigation provided within this app, user not easily get lost because the starting point of each navigation is determined by the current location of the user and this apps also will reroute if user turn into wrong route.