1. By Jeremy Baumruk http://compsci.snc.edu/cs460/baumje

2.  Project Description  Demonstration  Learning and Development Process  Q & A ◦ Please save any questions you may have until the end, thank you!

3.  My original project description was to develop a web based virtual travel planner for walkers  The following must be included: ◦ Administrator sets up a pre-defined route with tourist stops ◦ A function maps a walker’s steps to miles ◦ The stops contain current and dynamic information ◦ The system tracks a walker’s location graphically ◦ Tracker maintains statistics about steps, miles, avg mph, ect.

4.  Learn Flash and ActionScript 3.0!  Read up on how programs are developed in Flash ◦ Multiple Scenes  New timeline for each scene  Large in Size ◦ One timeline – Frame names  Frame names allow the use of one timeline  Smaller in size = faster load time

6.  Started by creating a route from Green Bay to Memphis  Found a high-res image of the United States ◦ Cut out the whole route ◦ Created some more detailed images from a closer viewpoint ◦ Traced the route on the map using Photoshop

7.  Created buttons that allow me to zoom in and traverse the route ◦ Link to a different frame with a “zoomed” image of the map ◦ Move between frames with buttons and ActionScript displaying the different images of the map  Created a pop-up box that would be the template for all tourist stops ◦ 4 tabs – Description, Pictures, Hotels, Weather ◦ Dynamic vs. Static ◦ Yahoo! API

8.  Programmatically create the ability to input user information ◦ Input a name ◦ Input steps taken  From these, display statistics about the virtual trip ◦ Steps taken today & total steps ◦ Miles traveled today & total miles ◦ Average steps per day ◦ How many days in your trip

9.  Allow saving of a user’s information ◦ Flash is secure ◦ Shared Object – Similar to a browser cookie ◦ Pick and choose what I want to store ◦ Ability to delete  Finally, draw a new line on the map displaying the user’s current position on the route ◦ 2 coordinate arrays – zoomed out/in ◦ 2 algorithms which try to accurately display position

11.  None… this thing is awesome!  In all seriousness though ◦ We had talked about estimating future events  Next tourist stop, estimated steps or time, ect

12.  Techniques used ◦ Research, research, research!  Flash CS3  ActionScript 3.0  Developing in this environment ◦ Write and Test  Code a small portion and test!  Design ◦ Started with multiple scenes as explained earlier ◦ Switched to 1 scene with 1 timeline

13.  Experiments used ◦ The environment and motion ◦ ActionScript – Button, MovieClip, Frame ◦ Different Designs

14.  I have the Virtual Trip Tracker posted on my project website ◦ http://compsci.snc.edu/cs460/baumje/triptracker. htm http://compsci.snc.edu/cs460/baumje/triptracker. htm

15.  Research ◦ ActionScript 3.0 is still very new ◦ I used two main books for my research  Adobe Flash CS3 Pro Bible - Reinhardt / Dowd  Essential ActionScript 3.0 – Moock ◦ Built-in Flash help as well as adobe online docs

16.  Some CS concepts I used ◦ Design  Size, Speed, Functionality ◦ Use of functions ◦ Keep a working version  It’s easy to screw up!  Revert back ◦ Keep the algorithms simple

17.  The use of a dynamic mapping system to allow the user to pick route ◦ Google Maps ◦ Virtual Earth  Combining another language such as Perl or JavaScript to save multiple user profiles on a server  Create a way for walkers to communicate with other walkers and interact with them ◦ See their trips ◦ Chat room, message board, ect

18.  Words for next year’s seniors ◦ Don’t get overwhelmed ◦ Make a plan ◦ Don’t procrastinate ◦ Have fun!

19.  Thank you for listening  I will entertain any questions you may have