WAP / FIRENZE THE WALKING CITY The APP

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1 Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna - Sala degli Specchi, Via Ghibellina 30 Firenze June 26th 2014 by Leonardo Ricci Direzione Sistemi Informativi

2 SUMMARY project APP navigation: paths, POI, gallery, map, social, details Activity section: BMI, route tracking, calories burned calculator Data management console Statistics Evolutions 2

3 project Why an APP? Florence offers a lot of wonderful routes and places, unknown by tourists and sometimes by citizens. How to reach as more people in movement as possible, providing them information about routes and places? APP for smart devices! 3

(iphone4/4s) Android: a lot of devices, each one with a different screen

4 project Why ios? Apple: only 1 device to take in mind during graphic layout design (iphone4/4s) Android: a lot of devices, each one with a different screen resolution Half 2012: ios has a consolidate presence in the mobile App market Android is consolidating its presence, but is still a young platform VS 4

5 project CMS + DB Florence Municipality owned a big quantity of data regarding routes, made of KML dataset, Power Point and Word documents, images (.jpg), and so on First of all, we need to reorganize all these data so that a mobile App could use them: DB + CMS 5

6 project CMS + DB Data organization: Structured data: DB Unstructured data (but structured information): CMS Data management: Simple data entry (web form): DB Complex data entry (assisted HTML editing): CMS 6

7 project DB + CMS CMS Web Service (spatial) DB 7

8 APP navigation Home Group of paths 8

9 APP navigation Group of paths Route 9

10 APP navigation Route Point Of Interest 10

11 APP navigation Gallery, map, social 11

12 APP navigation Paths, route and POI detail 12

13 Activity section BMI, tracking, map view The App calculates the ideal weight, the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the burned calories depending on the intensity of the usual physical activity. To obtain that, the user must register personal information such as weight, height, sex, age and some more other body parameters. When tracking mode is activated the application shows current speed, traveled distance and consumed calories. Current position is continuously updated on the map. IMPORTANT: user must accept a disclaimer to access this functionality all information are stored anonymously in the Data Base all communications between app and web services are protected (https) 13

14 Activity section BMI, tracking, map view 14

15 Data management console Map functionality 15

16 Statistics Apple store statistics since August

17 EVOLUTIONS Pedometer functionality using mobile device accelerometer Migrate CMS contents in the DB: more enhanced management console functionality (WYSIWYG editor) Advanced assisted walking activity Text to speech 17

http://opendata.comune.fi.it

The Environmental Observation Web and its Service Applications within the Future Internet OPENDATA IN CITY OF FLORENCE Gianluca Vannuccini Head of the IT Infrastructure Development Office IT Department