1. Campus Locator Definition Phase May04-04 Client: Senior Design Advisors: Dr. Lamont & Prof. Patterson Team Members Justin Davis Justin Gruca Rachel Hadaway Guy Howard April 27, 2004

2. Outline Background Background Deliverables Deliverables Accomplishments Accomplishments Approaches Considered Approaches Considered Research & Design Research & Design Future Work Future Work Resources & Schedules Resources & Schedules

3. List of Definitions CLS – Campus Locator System CLS – Campus Locator System GPS – Global Positioning System GPS – Global Positioning System RFID – Radio Frequency Identification RFID – Radio Frequency Identification SQL – Structured Query Language SQL – Structured Query Language

4. Acknowledgements Team 466-03A – For development of the Campus/Computer Location Expert Guide, which provided a basis for the initial concept Team 466-03A – For development of the Campus/Computer Location Expert Guide, which provided a basis for the initial concept IE 577 – A Study of Mobile-Device/PDA Text Input Methods, Human Factors in a Campus Computer Locator Expert Guide IE 577 – A Study of Mobile-Device/PDA Text Input Methods, Human Factors in a Campus Computer Locator Expert Guide Our Advisors: Dr. Lamont and Prof. Patterson Our Advisors: Dr. Lamont and Prof. Patterson

5. Problem Statement Problem: New students and visitors may have difficulty finding their way around campus Problem: New students and visitors may have difficulty finding their way around campus Solution: A system which assists people with navigating campus Solution: A system which assists people with navigating campus

6. Operating Environment Office Office –Stationary Outdoors Outdoors –Walking –Sunlight –Rain –Cold –Dust

7. Intended Users and Uses Senior Design Senior Design Financial Sponsors Financial Sponsors Definition Phase

8. Intended Users and Uses People new to campus People new to campus –Prospective students –Freshmen –New faculty Uses Uses –Route planning –Building finding –Folklore/History –Predefined Tours End-Product

9. Intended Users and Uses (cont’d) People familiar with campus People familiar with campus –Upperclassmen –Faculty/Staff –Alumni Uses Uses –Real-time bus location –Parking –Maildrops –User comments End-Product

10. Intended Users and Uses (cont’d) Others Others –Anyone and Everyone Uses Uses –Associative Multimedia –Building Statistics –Photo Shooting Points –Amenities End-Product

11. Assumptions Follow-up Implementation Team Follow-up Implementation Team –Use Requirements –Approval List Databases will store the data Databases will store the data The User Interface must be simple The User Interface must be simple The system must be platform independent The system must be platform independent The system will electronically determine the user’s location (Final Version) The system will electronically determine the user’s location (Final Version)

12. Limitations Funding Funding Research Period Research Period GPS inside of buildings GPS inside of buildings Computational Power Computational Power Portability Portability Battery Power Battery Power Data Storage Space Data Storage Space Approval by specific organizations Approval by specific organizations

13. Deliverables Project Plan Project Plan Poster Poster Design Report Design Report Final Report and Requirements Final Report and Requirements

14. Present Accomplishments Deliverables Completed Deliverables Completed Interviews Completed Interviews Completed High Level System Model High Level System Model Preliminary Database Design Preliminary Database Design

15. Future Activities Interim Website Improvements Interim Website Improvements SW & HW Integration Testing SW & HW Integration Testing Prototype Prototype Ongoing Project to Implement System Ongoing Project to Implement System –Estimated 3 years to completion

16. Technical Approach Client Client –CD/DVD –Desktop PC –Laptop PC –Tablet PC –Kiosks (similar to Access+ Kiosks) –Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Navigation Navigation –GPS –Electronic Compass –802.11 b/g Wi-Fi Triangulation –None –RF ID

17. Technical Approach (cont’d) Database Database –Access –MSSQL Server –Oracle –PostgreSQL –MySQL Presentation Presentation –VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) –Java Images

18. Project Definition Scope Scope Technology Technology Users Users Acceptance Criteria Acceptance Criteria

19. Research Activities Interviews Interviews –Departments –Campus Organizations –Intended End Users Surveys Surveys –Paper Based –Web Based Industry Publications Industry Publications –EE Times –Wireless Design & Development –E-Week Research using personal hardware Research using personal hardware

20. Design Activities 4 Layers 4 Layers –Client –Language –Data Storage –Data Sources

21. Implementation Recommendations Version 1 Version 1 –Building Finding –Room Finding –Folklore/History –Route Planning Version 2 Version 2 –Building Data –Parking –User Comments Version 3 Version 3 –Associative Multimedia –Real-time Bus Locations

22. Testing Activities Each phase will reevaluate uses of the system based on user feedback Each phase will reevaluate uses of the system based on user feedback User Interface User Interface PC Version PC Version

23. Resource Requirements

24. Financial Requirements (cont’d) ItemCost Poster$40.00 Glue$10.00 Binding$15.00 Total$55.00 Labor Costs Other Costs

25. Schedule

26. Evaluation Planning Partially Met Planning Partially Met InterviewingPartially Met InterviewingPartially Met ResearchExceeded ResearchExceeded ReportingMet ReportingMet End-ResultMet End-ResultMet

27. Commercialization Possible but unlikely Possible but unlikely –“Reach for the Top” initiative –Desire to keep it here University Consortium University Consortium –Group of universities sponsoring core technology updates –Freely usable

28. Recommendations Interim Website Improvements Interim Website Improvements –Tour Information –Local Information Prototype Prototype –Integrate RFID & Software on PDA Ongoing Status (2 Teams) Ongoing Status (2 Teams) –Data Collection –Software Design

29. Lessons Learned Technical Knowledge Technical Knowledge –GPS, RFID –PDA Capabilities Technologies in R&D phase Technologies in R&D phase Large Scale project issues Large Scale project issues

30. Risks and Risk Management Poor Planning Poor Planning –Remain Flexible –Keep deliverables in sight Team Member Loss/Unavailability Team Member Loss/Unavailability –Replacement team members –Sharing extra load –Discuss with client/advisor cutting back project scale Tools Failure Tools Failure –Maintain backups –Multiple files/modularize to minimize loss Needs of Users not met Needs of Users not met –Modular –Updatable –Phased Development Not enough Computation Power Not enough Computation Power –Phased Development –Limited Multimedia

31. Closing Summary Requirements Created Requirements Created Prototype needs to be created Prototype needs to be created Project may be implemented Project may be implemented

32. Campus Locator Questions?