SuperMap
Inspiration
One of our team members was annoyed by the lack of notifications in the DoubleMap app, and thought it would be handy to make an app for that.
What it does
The user inputs a bus stop and a time, and the app will send them a notification when a bus reaches the stop within that time frame. The current implementation doesn’t actually track the busses (we would have to connect to the DoubleMap servers for that) but can potentially estimate the time for a bus to reach a stop given the stop and the busses’ current location on the route. There is only 1 route currently implemented in the app, but adding more would be simple (and time consuming).
How we built it
We used android studio and a lot of java and xml in order to create our app.
Challenges we ran into
Connecting to the DoubleMap servers in order to discern the correct location of a bus is not something we knew how to do. In addition, one of our team members left early on in the project.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Creating a usable app with a user-friendly interface.
What we learned
We learned how to use Android Studio and make simple GUI's with xml.
What's next for SuperMap
The next step is to sync the app with DoubleMap in order to provide correct time estimates.
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