Gaido Presented by: Ryan Curtis and Scott Markoski Advisor: Bob Dugan Department of Computer Science Stonehill College Easton, MA 02357

Background: Computer Science Capstone Course  Most computer science courses are concerned with fundamental principles.  The Capstone course is concerned with real world software development and delivery.  The Capstone course is writing intensive: project management essay, requirements document, design document, user manual.  The Capstone course is based on a real world software development project with a real client.

Background: Prior Capstone Projects  Automated Ticketing System  Automate and streamline Stonehill College Police parking ticket process.  Merit Point Automation System  Automate and streamline Residence Life Merit Point Program for housing lottery.  NPO Net  Social networking website for Non-Profit Organizations

Background: Computer Science Capstone Project 2010  Stonehill Marketing and Admissions  Interested in new ways to reach prospective students.  Many prospective students are stealth tourists and don’t participate in college sponsored tours.  One possibility is a mobile touring application.  Existing mobile touring applications are lack exciting features and are expensive due to hosting costs.  Mobile Applications  A mobile application enables a user to access web data wirelessly through WiFi or cell networks.  Location based mobile application make use of on board GPS data to provide location based services.  Examples: GPS Navigation, Yelp, Google Googles, Google Maps  Working with Stonehill Marketing and Admissions, the students in the Computer Science Capstone developed Gaido.

What is Gaido?  Gaido is a location based mobile application that…  Allows users to take a guided tour of a location such as a school, neighborhood, park or historic location.  Allows users to view picture, video, audio and text content associated with each tour destination.  Allows users interact with specially designed content.  Downloads tour data from a web server managed by GaidoManager.  GaidoManager is a content management system that…  Allows a tour administrator to create and edit tour themes at a particular tour site.  Allows a tour administrator to create and edit tour destinations at a particular tour site.  Associate picture, video, audio and text content with tour destinations.  Allows a tour administrator to view a live map showing tour users, tour destinations and tour interactions.

Demo One: Gaido

Demo Two: GaidoManager

Gaido Interactions The environment outside the smartphone can also interact with the user during a tour.

Gaido Architecture

GaidoManager Architecture

Gaido Database Gaido Interactive Distributor QuadClock Interactive Servlet Watchfire Interactive Servlet Arduino Interactive Servlet... Geographic Trigger Service Gaido Android Interaction Architecture Diagram

Gaido GPS Publisher Service

Gaido GPS Heading Calculator

GadioManager: Live User Location

GaidoManager: Live User Location Updating

Future Work  Estimated Cost: 480 hours for Gaido at $50/hr is $24,000  Porting to iPhone and other mobile platorms  Additional interactions  Additional tours

Thanks to Marketing and Admissions: Chris Augustine,Heather Bruntil, Anne Gallucci, Kathrin Havrilla, Shane LaPrade, Shannon McDonough, Alexis Sneff Media Relations: George Tyrell, Mike Pietrowski Information Technology: Tamara Anderson Conference and Events: Mark Sabina Vice President Mary Beth Carey Watchfire: Carl Roth Google: Ben Bayer

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