Outdoor Activities Application B

Outdoor Activities Application B

1. Ideation

   • Interface
     • Sign up/ Login page
       • User account page
         • Edit personal information
       • Email, first name, last name, age
         • Better customisation of displayed parks
         • Able to create a commenting/ communication system
       • Not very necessary
     • Home page
       • Sliders
         • Images, name and number of likes of parks
           • Image is attractive
           • Liking is interactive and creates a sense of community
         • Labelled according to properties
           • Parks with wifi hotspots
           • Top ranked parks
           • Bushland reserves
           • Small/ large parks
           • In x suburb
           • Near you
       • Search function
       • Large dynamic map with all data (icons)
       • List/ tabulated data
         • Unattractive
     • Elaboration page
       • Park name header
       • Park address
       • Park description
       • Map of park
       • Map directions to park
       • Liking system
         • Allows user to give an opinion
     • Split home/ elaboration page
       • Golden ratio
         • Largest portion
           • Organised list
             • Selectable categories/ list orders upon sidebar
           • Search function
         • Second largest portion
           • Image/ map of selected park
         • Remaining portions
           • Park name, address and details
     • Top bar
       • Application name
       • Settings
         • Page/ text colour
         • Narration
         • Page/ text size
         • Turn off/ on GPS tracker
   • Database
     • Data dictionary
       • Tables
         • parks
           • park_id
             • Primary key
             • Integer
             • Not null
             • Autoincrement
           • park_name
             • Not null
             • Varchar
           • park_suburb
             • Not null
             • Varchar
           • park_address
             • Not null
             • Varchar
           • park_longitude
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (7, 4)
           • park_latitude
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (6, 4)
           • park_length
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (10, 3)
           • park_area
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (11, 3)
           • park_number
             • Not null
             • Varchar
               • 5
         • hotspots
           • hotspot_id
             • Primary key
             • Not null
             • Integer
             • Autoincrement
             • Foreign key
           • hotspot_address
             • Not null
             • Varchar
           • hotspot_suburb
             • Not null
             • Varchar
           • hotspot_latitude
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (6, 4)
           • hotspot_longitude
             • Not null
             • Float
               • (7, 4)
       • Relationships
         • hotspots to parks
           • many-to-one
           • Joined through park_address and hotspot_address
       • Remove SAP_ASSET_ID, POST_CODE and Site from datasets
         • Remove hotspot records where Site is not PRK (park)
     • Relational database
       • Relational schema
       • A database structured to recognize relations between stored items of information
     • Dataflow diagram
       • Processes
         • Display data
         • Create map
         • Search data
         • Categorise data
         • Insert data
         • Modify data
         • Delete data
       • Data stores
         • parks and hotspots
           • D
       • Entities
         • User
   • Algorithms
     • IPO diagram
     • Pseudocode
       • Data processes
       • Conventions
         • Common keywords in bold
           • BEGIN
           • END
           • INPUT
           • DISPLAY
           • PRINT
           • CALCULATE
           • OUTPUT
         • Camel case naming conventions
         • Main algorithm
           • BEGIN statements END
         • Procedures, subroutines, methods or functions
           • BEGIN name statements END name
       • Selection
         • IF condition THEN statements ENDIF
         • IF condition THEN statements ELSE statements ENDIF
       • Iteration
         • Post-test loop
           • REPEAT statements UNTIL condition
         • Pre-test loop
           • WHILE condition statements ENDWHILE
         • Counted loop
           • FOR count = startVal TO endVal statments NEXT count

2. Constraints/ Limitations

   • Time
     • 8 weeks
       • Must divide time between research, documentation, synthesis and evaluation
   • Skill
     • Knowledge
       • Current understanding of user interfaces, data structures and programming languages
       • What can be learnt within the given time
   • Scope
     • Must remain within the context and criteria of the give task
       • A web application that combines data from two of the given open datasets to help Brisbane residents and tourists locate outdoor activities and participate in outdoor hobbies.
   • Hardware
     • Storage and processing capabilities
       • Large, complex applications will need more processing power
     • Battery life
       • ~8 hours
   • Software
     • Python
       • Uses a large quantity of RAM
     • CSS
       • Limited amount of styles

3. Non-functional Requirements

   • How a solution is supposed to be
     • Specific features about how the coded components should work
       • Legal, economic, environmental, aesthetic requirements
   • Australian Privacy Principles
     • APP 1-13
       • Often outlined in the privacy policy
       • Anonymity and pseudonymity
       • Open and transparent management of personal information
       • Direct marketing
       • Collection of solicited personal information
       • Dealing with unsolicited personal information
       • Notification of the collection of personal information
       • Use or disclosure of personal information
       • Cross-border disclosure of personal information
         • Not applicable
       • Adoption, use or disclosure of government related identifiers
         • Not applicable
       • Quality of personal information
       • Security of personal information
       • Access to personal information
       • Correction of personal information
       • Ensures the legality and safety of the application
   • Usability Principles
     • Utility
       • The ability of the system to provide all the functionality that users need
     • Accessibility
       • The ability to be used by many different people
     • Learnability
       • An intuitive interface that the user can immediately grasp how to interact with
     • Effectiveness
       • How well a user interface does what it needs to do
     • Safety
       • The ability for users to make errors and recover from those mistake
   • Elements and Principles of Visual Communication
     • Elements
       • Line
       • Shape
       • Tone
       • Colour
       • Scale
       • Proportion
       • Texture
       • Form
       • Space
     • Principles
       • Contrast
       • Alignment
       • Repetition
       • Proximity
       • Harmony
       • Balance
       • Heirarchy