Mountaineering Footprint Track System
| Autor: | Ya-Hsuan Chen, 陳雅瑄 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 102 Taiwan is a mountainous island. Due to historical and political factors, mountain climbing is a sport that has not become popular until the last few decades. Although more and more people are willing to embrace and experience the beauty of nature, the lack of education of safety in the mountains has caused accidents from time to time. Among the primary causes of accidents in the mountains, Get Lost ranks first, followed by falling, altitude illness, and hypothermia. Except accidents caused by irresistible factors such as abrupt changes of climate or creatures attacks, most accidents were initially caused by an exhaustion of physical energy and loss of concentration, which further resulted in a loss of directions, falling off valley, hypothermia or even death. In fact, this kind of accidents can be prevented. This study integrates mobile Internet devices, Google Maps, and GPS technology to build a system that tracks the real-time locations of “hiker” and the “rear personnel”. The proposed system can help hiker quickly get their position and send their coordinates to the rear personnel when Internet access is available. The rear personnel can use just an Internet browser to show the coordinates record of hiker. If the communication condition is poor, hiker can also directly dial 112 on their phone to report their current coordinates to the rescuers. This function allows users to seek help by themselves and drastically shortens the time of waiting for rescue. The client-side of the proposed system is built on Android platform. Integrating Google Maps, and built-in GPS module, this system offers four primary functions, including Download Route, Show Route, My Position, and My Footprint Record. A brief explanation of each of these functions is provided as follows: 1.Download Route: If Internet access is available, users can download the standard route from Internet before they climb any mountain. 2.Show Route: Users can see the downloaded route on Google Maps and check if they are off the route any time during their climb. 3.My Position: This function will show users’ current location with coordinates in two map datums. Users can also keep the coordinates and road condition memo in their phone. 4.My Footprint Record: Users’ footprint will be shown as a yellow line on Google Maps. Users can edit the road condition memo, delete any incorrect mark of their location, and upload their footprint to Internet for tracking by the rear personnel. Considering user privacy, the proposed system is based on an freedom operating model and the tracking mode is activated only on demand. Users do not have to user their real names and authenticate their identification. They can activate the tracking mode autonomously and decide to upload their footprint to Internet on their own. The proposed system was designed according to Web 2.0. By integrating efforts from all sides, the developer of this system attempted to gradually build a database of mountain climbing routes in Taiwan. The database can offer useful guides to mountain climbers. Moreover, with the advancement of mobile communication technology, Google Maps, and GPS, the developer wished to minimize occurrence of missing of mountain climbers to ultimately prevent accidents in the mountains. |
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