Geocaching Application Development - ITC209 Assignment 5 App Presentation

This presentation is about the Geocaching Application Development project for ITC209 Assignment 5. It covers the project overview, intended functionality, tools and platform used, techniques and challenges faced, and future improvements. The app is designed for geocachers to find caches using a live map, keep track of caching information, and search for nearby caches. The app is built for Android devices with internet connectivity and requires 250 MB phone storage and 512 MB RAM.

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Geocaching Application Development
ITC209 Assignment 5 App Presentation
[Student Name Here]
[Student Number Here]

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Introduction
• Short Introduction on who you are
• Things to possibly talk about:
• What your degree you are doing
• Why you are doing it
• What sort of job you are looking for
• What are your capabilities
• What are your interests (if applicable to your app’s functionality)
• Maybe include a picture of yourself?

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Geochache Overview
• The project name is called geocaching app which an application for geo caching arose .
• The app will be capable viewing caches on a live map which will assist user to locate the coordinates.
• keep track of caching information, add, update, and delete information, and the ability to search for nearby
caches
• The application is targeted to the geocacher mainly who has little information about the caches and fond
other peoples as well.
• Cachly is a mobile application provide similar functionalities.

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App [Intended] Functionality
• Geo caching app is a simple and easy to use and give geochachers and users to
spontaneously find caches as long as they are connected to the internet. It also has
the ability to save caches to be used offline.
• The application will have the ability to support Geochaching souvenirs and trackable.
• the app supports live maps and templates for logging. However, it does not capture all the
functionalities of a geo caching app.

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Tools and Platform Used
• There are other several platforms and languages to use such as C/C++
• Tools used to build your app
• Operating system- Android ICS 4.0 and above
• Internet connectivity- Yes (Data or Wi-Fi connection)
• Phone Storage- 250 MB
• RAM- 512 MB
• Type of Mobile Device-Touch screen
• Screen Size- 4inches and above
• Screen resolution- 720 pixels by 1280 pixels
• General requirements needed to run your app
• Android only
• Device/Permissions - network, locations, storage.

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Techniques and Challenges
• Understanding the problem is the initial step and the most crucial
one because it will determine the final application functionality
and quality .
• Design operators are used to transform the existing design,
applying design operator like replication, abstraction,
decomposition, and resource sharing.
• Challenges:
• It was complicated to create the function for offline work.

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Improvements for the Future!
• The UI can be implemented for providing rich experience to the user.
• The offline features are needs to be enhanced properly.
• The tracking area can cover a wide space as well.

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App Architecture
• Class diagram:

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[USE CASE 1]
User: The user or geocacher will be able to find
geocaches using the search feature, View statistics
regarding geocaching, keep track of caches and
their coordinates, add update, and delete details,
and view live map. When the user tabs on ‘search’
he/she will be prompted to enter the coordinates,
address, geo code, or key word in order to find the
caches that the user seeks to view. When the user
wants to see tacked geo caching information, the
user tabs on ‘stored’. The user can be able to view
live map by tabbing ‘Live map’

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