[ Abstract | About the Editor | About the Interface | Plans | Implementation ]
CampusMap is an application that provides students and visitors with visual directions around campus. Pathfinding data is created with a visual editor, and displayed to users via a web interface.
The editor, a desktop application, is used to overlay an existing map image with data about the locations that appear on the map and the paths between those locations. From inside the editor, the path data can be converted to a graph and exported to a file format readable by the online interface.
Through the online interface, users may search for up to two locations at a time and view the shortest path between them, as well as the distance and approximate walking time (based on user-adjustable walking speed) of that path. Users may drag, scroll, and zoom the map in real-time, in the style of Google Maps. This allows for the quick and easy viewing of the whole campus. Based on optional keywords attached to each location in the editor, users may also search for the closest location of a certain kind. (For example, to find the closest parking lot to a given building.)
Path information and web application copyright 2005 Michael Kelly and David Lindquist.
Map images copyright 2000 Regents of the University of California.
David and Michael would like to thank Pat Neill for informatic support, helpful suggestions, and encouragement. We'd also like to thank Vladimir Orlic for getting us the pretty base map.