Regarding computer science assignment help

Running Head: HUMAN INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

2

DETERMINING HUMAN INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

Determining Human Information Requirements Student Name Course Title Instructor’s Name Institution Affiliation Date

Introduction

The Town-Guide Android app is intended to help users who are majorly visitors in a city to find locations, services and other products. The major objective of the application is to help people adopt to new places. Though there are various applications in the market with a near same purpose, the design and inclusion of features will allow the Town-Guide app have the desired breakthrough in the market. O understand the design and user requirements, it is essential to gather data on the available similar applications, their features and aspects that their users find challenging.

Existing Applications

Google Maps is one of the popular applications that users know. This application is however, limited in functionality when it comes to helping users adopt to new location. Google Maps is both an Android and a web application that provides users with locations and directions of places based on a global positional system. The application allows the users to find places, locate buildings and view the available routes in a given region (Koutroumanis, 2011). AroundMe android app is also another application that allows users to locate gas stations, bars, guest rooms, restaurants, hospitals and other regions that the users may need. Similar to this app is Places Android app and Near Me applications. These Near Me and AroundMe app help users locate places around them and regions.

Helpful Features I haven’t Thought

AroundMe and Near Me apps include the features like finding places and service centers and feature to locate the current position of a user. This is a great feature to include in Town-Guide application. Google Maps also has a feature to find places that will be important in the new application. In addition, Google Maps allows the users to find directions, estimate travel time when walking, driving or flying hence making it easier to determine the best mode of transport around the new area. I will include this great feature in my application.

Unique Feature in Town-Guide App

The new android application will be unique through combining variety of features across the current applications. However, unique features will include real time chats with receptionists at hotels and various destinations, comparison of prices price range for services, integration with weather monitoring subsystem, booking of taxicabs and mobile payment for advance booking through the app (Koutroumanis, 2011).

I will change the design of Town-Guide application to include some features from the Google Maps, AroundMe and Near Me applications. This will help develop the application in a way that users will find the app easier to use due to familiarity of the design hence eliminating sharp learning curves.

Design Mockup

The following diagram shows the Town-Guide App major features:

References

Koutroumanis, D. a. (2011). Technology’s Effect on Hotels and Restaurants: Building a Strategic Competitive Advantage. The Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 12(2001), 72–80.