ATMA: Android Travel Mate Application A Visit Perak Year 2012 Case Study

• Main Author: Mugien, Deena
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English; English
• Published: UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS 2012
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6270/1/6.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6270/2/Deena%20Mugien%20-%20Dissertation.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6270/

Travel has always been a man’s best pastime, an approach to relieve from the daily stress, a halt from the tedious life and to experience the thrill of adventure. Until the last decade, camera was a traveler’s best friend but little did we know that things are going to change to a lot better. Life in today’s world is always on the move. With the advancement of technology, smart phones nowadays have boundless capabilities to feed rich user experience with interactive features. ATMA is an Android-based application for travelers to capture travel moment with multimedia integration. This application allows users to create, store and view their trips, trip related information and all the memories that bring with it. The user will also be able to share the trip information with their acquaintances through social media sharing medium such as Twitter. The idea of this project arose from the evolution of travel log formats, which reflects the need for better information regarding how travelers capture their travel activities within a day or multi-day period so that they can maximize their travel and tourism experiences. In order to develop such application, the author had conducted research on the following domains: (1) personalized travel application (2) approaches to maximize travel and tourism experiences through mobile technologies in Malaysia context. For the research methodology, this study focuses on qualitative research acquired from feedback of travelers on their experiences in using the existing system and their opinions on the new interactive application. Perak Tourism also cooperated in giving feedbacks on the prototype of this application. Using a Rapid Application Development (RAD) model, the author successfully developed an application that is user-friendly and cost-effective using Android platform. The final prototype of ATMA Android application is developed using Google AppInventor.