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

service. I imagine there might be some budget phones on the market lacking one orboth of these.6.2 Future improvementsI plan to make a few improvement to the application when time allows. First would beto make the travel planner more usable. As it is now it only show the plan as HTML.I would like to parse through the HTML looking for bus stop numbers allowing theusers to look at the plan and then click on the bus stop they are told they shouldwait at. This will allow them to actually see when the bus will arrive and not haveto rely on the static Travel Planner times.Another improvement I think would make this application even more useful isthe addition of a widget. It would be nice to be able to add to your home screen awidget showing the arrival times for the stop you use to get to work in the morningfor example. A somewhat related addition would be the ability to watch a bus andbe notied when the bus is say less than 6 minutes away.6.3 Contributions to the FieldAs the applied nature of this project it did not contribute to the eld of computerscience. The aim of the project was to solve a real world problem by creating a mobileapplication and deploying the system needed to drive the experience. I believe thisproject will be useful for anyone using public transportation in Ottawa and to anystudent interested in Android and web services.32