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| eMap - Travel with me |
Final Prototype
The end product of this project is "eMap - Travel with me". It is a stationary infoscreen, that can be found in all the tourist hubs, like hotels, old town, tourist attractions, but also at metro, bus and ferry stations. It helps the users to plan their route and provides the possibility to "take away" the planned route in form of a printed map or digitally on the phone, transmitted via bluetooth or NFC.
For planning a route our product provides functionalities similiar to Google Maps or the SL App. These applications are usually used by Stockholmers themselves and are widely accepted. However, our user group the tourists do not use them, as these technologies require internet access, which can be very expensive for the foreign tourists. Especially older travelers for example are not used to phones and mobile applications. Therefore they prefer asking someone or using stationary maps at the stations or their own maps.
With eMap they now can plan their route easily without having to use the expensive roaming. They can print their route or take it with them on their phone as an image (via bluethooth or NFC). The interface is easy to use and very intuitive, so that even users, who are not that technology affine can use it without problems.
Additionally to the standard functionality of planning a route, also additional functionalities specialized for our target group is available. eMap, for example, presents the user diffrent types of routes, such as the fastest, the cheapest or, what is most interesting for many tourists, the most scenic route, with most sightseeing on the way. Also can users filter the map to display tourist attractions, restaurants, malls, etc. to them on demand ( following the rule: overview first, zoom and filter, details on demand).
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| eMap: planning a route |
For planning a route our product provides functionalities similiar to Google Maps or the SL App. These applications are usually used by Stockholmers themselves and are widely accepted. However, our user group the tourists do not use them, as these technologies require internet access, which can be very expensive for the foreign tourists. Especially older travelers for example are not used to phones and mobile applications. Therefore they prefer asking someone or using stationary maps at the stations or their own maps.
With eMap they now can plan their route easily without having to use the expensive roaming. They can print their route or take it with them on their phone as an image (via bluethooth or NFC). The interface is easy to use and very intuitive, so that even users, who are not that technology affine can use it without problems.
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| Route send to phone via bluetooth or NFC |
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| printed version of the map |
Additionally to the standard functionality of planning a route, also additional functionalities specialized for our target group is available. eMap, for example, presents the user diffrent types of routes, such as the fastest, the cheapest or, what is most interesting for many tourists, the most scenic route, with most sightseeing on the way. Also can users filter the map to display tourist attractions, restaurants, malls, etc. to them on demand ( following the rule: overview first, zoom and filter, details on demand).
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| eMap with tourist attractions displayed - detailed information on Skansen |
Information about the design process and the project can be found in this blog or in our final presentation as well (Find the final Presentation here!).
Final Prototype: Test the final prototype here!
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