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ii UC 3D: A Photo Tour of Tangeman University Center by Joshua Metzelaar Submitted to the Faculty of the Information Engineering Technology Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Engineering Technology © Copyright 2011 Joshua Metzelaar...
Page 3 - iii; Table of Contents; Section
iii Table of Contents Section Page Table of Contents ............................................................................................................... iii List of Figures ......................................................................................................................
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iv List of Figures Figure Number Page Figure 1: On-line navigation interface 6 Figure 2: Searchable room index 7 Figure 3: Administration index 8 Figure 4: Editing/addition interface 9 Figure 5: Timeline, Winter-Spring 2011 11 Figure 6: Budget 12 Figure 7: Use case diagram 27 Figure 8: Database diag...
Page 5 - Abstract
v Abstract Attracting new students is often a constant challenge for any university. In many cases, there can be too much information or too little information. At the moment, the virtual tour the University of Cincinnati currently has implemented involves a few videos, text information, and a coupl...
Page 6 - Statement of the Problem; the experience of the actually visiting the campus.
1 1. Statement of the Problem Universities constantly face the challenge of attracting prospective students who live far away from campus. The cost of travel of travel is a consideration that prevents students from visiting universities of interest. Without a method to experience the campus, the pro...
Page 7 - Description of the Solution; update back end for administrators.; Exploration Interface
2 2. Description of the Solution My solution to this problem is a Web based application that would allow users to, starting at any location on campus, virtually walk through campus and learn about campus in the process. It will include a friendly interface for users as well as an easy to update back...
Page 8 - search for a room in the room index.; Administrator Interface
3 Everyone who accesses the webpage would have access to the exploration interface. It is designed to allow the users to walk from room to room, as well as allow users to search for a room in the room index. 2.1.2. Administrator Interface Only administrators have access to the administrator interfac...
Page 10 - A Room Management Interface; Proof of Design; challenges we encountered.
5 2. By end of development, an explorable photo tour of Tangeman University Center. 3. A Room Management Interface 5. Proof of Design This section shows in detail how deliverables of the project were fulfilled and what challenges we encountered.
Page 12 - be hyperlinked to a specific room.
7 5.2.Searchable Room Index As shown in Figure 5, a user can enter the Search interface by clicking the Search link. Once within the search interface, a user specifies a keyword for the system to look up, and the system would return any result containing the input. It is also possible to pass a valu...
Page 13 - Figure 3: Administration index
8 5.3.Administration Index A simple to navigate administration index was one of the first things designed. It provides ready access to many of the functions the administrator would need. Figure 3: Administration index 5.4.Editing/Addition Interface The interface for adding a room and editing a room ...
Page 14 - Testing Procedures; buttons for navigation.
9 Figure 4: Edit/addition interface 6. Testing Procedures 6.1.Testing Scenario 1: Accessing the Virtual Tour The user travels to the webpage containing the UC3D tour application, and should be shown the ‘start ‘of the tour. The user sees a photo of the starting location as well as buttons for naviga...
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10 The administrator should be able to access the interface via a password-protected log in screen. Once logged in he/she should be shown a database of rooms, along with options to Insert Rooms and Edit Rooms. 6.4.Testing Scenario 4: Adding a Room When the administrator accesses the Insert Room tool...
Page 16 - Appendix A: Timeline
11 Appendix A: Timeline Figure 5: Timeline, Winter-Spring 2011
Page 17 - Appendix C: Software
12 Appendix B: Budget Product Price Canon PowerShot S200 2MP Digital ELPH Camera w/ 2x Optical Zoom $ 35.99 Yearly Godaddy Linux Web Hosting with MySQL Server 48.00 Dreamweaver CS5 142.00 Total $225.99 Figure 6: Budget Appendix C: Software The software used for the project was the following: • Adobe...
Page 18 - and be used to render the room.
13 Appendix E: Code Snippets C 1. Rendering the View In order to get a data to show from a specific room, an ID would be pulled from an URL and be used to render the room. //Gets the viewID from the URL, if not specified, sends the user to view 1. if (isset($_GET['viewID'])) { $colname_Scenes = $_GE...
Page 24 - C 2. Administration Index
19 echo $row_Scenes['backID']; echo "'><img border='0' src='img/Back.png'/></a>"; } else { //If the room was not specified, place a placeholder X in its place. echo "<img border='0' src='img/X.png'//>"; } } else { echo " "; } ?></td> &l...