OCTranspoLive: A live OCTranspo GPS bus location application for ...

goals that needed to be achieved to bring the project to fruition.• Develop an application showing a dynamic timetable for a route at a bus stop.• Show bus locations on a Google Map. It should automatically refresh the locations.• Make use of devices with GPS chips to nd stops near a user.• Make an attractive and user friendly interface.• Parse OCTranspo text data set and insert into queryable database.• Create an HTTP based API for use by the Android client.The rst two goals in my opinion are most important. The application should befast and the data provided by a simple uncluttered interface to provide a good userexperience. This is the purpose of an application; to provide the user with valuableinformation with the least amount of work on their part. By meeting the above goalsI feel that I will have nished an application that is both useful to myself and manyothers using the public transportation system in Ottawa.4 Application DesignThis project was divided into three main components. They are list below:• The Android client. This is what the user interacts with. It has to be quick and simple to use.The user should not be concerned about any other components making upthe system. To them this is the entire application.12