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CMU Interactive Map Kiosks

Made by Rikky Roy Koganti, Dan Cheng and Anna Tan

For many incoming students and visitors to CMU, it can be tough navigating their way to specific buildings on campus. The Mellon Institute might even be closer to Pitt. than CMU! There are also other aspects of CMU life that it would take a while for them to get used to. They might not know where and when the CMU shuttles pick up and drop off people. The buses down Forbes can be hard to catch due to their erratic schedule. They might not know all the dining places on campus, nor would they know which are the most busy and at which times. Also, there are many activities going on around CMU, hosted by various organizations but all of them are publicized in different manners, making it hard for students to keep track of all of them. What we want to do is design an interactive map kiosks, like the kind we see in some airports (See cover picture), that makes all this information available to users. Look at the additional documentation for detailed features of the interface.

Created: September 5th, 2014

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Interaction with 'What's the wait'?

We have also discussed with another group, What's the wait, in order to facilitate collaboration between our groups. Our interactive information map displays the average waiting times for dining locations on campus. This app will be based on the app made by this group. Accessing the dining feature on the map would lead a user to the app, where he will have information about waiting times for each dining location.  

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16 comments · Latest by Dan Cheng

@Amal, in order to make the bus waiting time more reliable, we discussed that we can use an app called tiramisu app, that show a more accurate schedule of the bus. Since lots of students live off-campus, I believe the bus schedule will be very helpful for them, it may help them decide hong long they can stay in the library.

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For many incoming students and visitors to CMU, it can be tough navigating their way to specific buildings on campus. The Mellon Institute might even be closer to Pitt. than CMU! There are also other aspects of CMU life that it would take a while for them to get used to. They might not know where and when the CMU shuttles pick up and drop off people. The buses down Forbes can be hard to catch due to their erratic schedule. They might not know all the dining places on campus, nor would they know which are the most busy and at which times. Also, there are many activities going on around CMU, hosted by various organizations but all of them are publicized in different manners, making it hard for students to keep track of all of them. What we want to do is design an interactive map kiosks, like the kind we see in some airports (See cover picture), that makes all this information available to users. Look at the additional documentation for detailed features of the interface.