Background Reading

Most of the existing systems for viewing maps on mobiles use GPS or fetch maps from servers such as GoogleMaps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local.

None of the existing softwares provide reminders and alerts for events at a particular location. There isn't any software product which builds custom mobile based maps for a specific location. There is a very good possibility of the existence of a company that does exactly what we are doing for our project.

JVNMobileGIS :
This software is something we should look into. It is a J2ME based map viewer and offers features like saving map to image file and layers sorting. There is a 100kb file which can be downloaded from the link given above.

Other Links:
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2008-June/041732.html
http://www.mgmaps.com/

Bluetooth Broadcasters

BluCose

BluMiner

Turning a PC into a Bluetooth Hub
I wasn't able to see the contents of this page since Flash player wasn't installed in the lab.

Advertise with Bluetooth
This link describes methods of advertising with bluetooth. Using a 'dedicated bluetooth device' for broadcasting is suggested on this page. I've asked the author to give some examples of 'dedicated bluetooth devices'. Let's hope we get an useful reply.

Bluetooth Server

Here are some bluetooth servers which pretty much match our requirements, but all of these cost a few hundred Euros!

All of these servers are designed for proximity marketing (www.bluetomorrow.com/content/section/392/513/).

The servers are listed below

1. The Bluevibe Hotspot (http://www.bluevibe.net/content/view/23/42/lang,en/#standalone)
   
2. Blue Moz (http://www.bluemoz.it/english/how_bluemoz_work.html)
   
3. Jellingspot Data Server

Check out the demo on Jellingspot site it gives a better insight of its working.

XML Structure

Check out the links below to see the XML files which will work as data repository for m-navigator.

locations.xml - Contains information about all locations present in the site, namely buildings, grounds etc and general information about the site.
events.xml - Contains all events, activities that are going to be held on the site.
keywords.xml - Contains keywords to enhance performance of search feature.
uidescription.xml - User Interface Description file, contains advertisements, sponsors, customizable user interface information.

Correction and enhancements to this XML structure is required.

Process Models for m-Navigator and Editor

25th Jan, 2009 :

Prototyping Process Model was decided for m-Navigator Editor due to the following reasons:

• All the features of editor have been identified.
• Possibility of emergence of a new feature of the editor is very less.
• Client's feedback for the editor is very important and will dictate many changes that will be made to the editor in future.
• Prototyping Process Model will allow us to make changes to existing features of the editor based on client's feedback. These changes will be visible in the next prototype.
  
• Initially a prototype of the editor will be created and based on client's feedback further changes/additions will be made in future prototypes.

Spiral Process Model was decided for m-Navigator due to the following reasons:

• Most of the features of m-Navigator have been identified as of now, but there is a very good possibility of new features/requirements emerging later.
• Following the spiral model, features will be added to m-Navigator step by step. Each step may be followed by client's feedback which will decide further changes in the added features.
• Spiral Process Model will allow addition of features followed by client's feedback at a later stage.
  

List of Devices which support flashlite

Mobile Phones with Flash lite technology

Manufacturer No. Of Devices with flashlite

Fujitsu 15
Hitachi 15
Kyocera 11
LG 5
Mitsubishi 15
Motorola 4
NEC 18
Nokia 94
Panasonic 16
Samsung 7
Sanyo 24
Sendo 1
Sharp 27
Siemens 1
Sony Ericsson 94
Toshiba 14

Total 361


PDAs With Flash Lite technology

Microsoft Windows Mobile (All Microsoft Windows Mobile Devices*) *Any Windows Mobile device that runs Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2002, Pocket PC 2002 or Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition OS. These include devices from HP, Dell, Toshiba, and others. For a full list of supported devices visit the Microsoft Windows Mobile web site.

Sony CLIE


Ref: http://www.adobe.com/mobile/supported_devices/handsets.html

Environmental effects of paper

Link for amount of CO2 per ream of paper
http://www.baq2008.org/measures
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/carboncalculator.asp#4

Creating timer in flashlite

http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=446188
http://wiki.kunerilite.net/index.php?title=Timer_plugin

Flashlite help and SVG

Flashlite help:
http://mariamdholkawala.com/mobile/?page_id=2
http://mariamdholkawala.com/mobile/

Book for game development:
Mobile Games: Challenges and Opportunities

SVG:
http://www.enetzwerk.de/svg/index2.html

Flashlite Vs J2ME

The Great Debate:- Flashlite Vs. J2ME

http://www.design-nation.net/en/archives/000453.php
http://www.gotoandplay.it/spotLight/mobileDevelopment/
http://www.design-nation.net/en/archives/002161.php

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/porting_j2me_flashlite_03.html

SVG Tutorials

Hi,

These are some great links for creating SVG images from scratch:
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/slides.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile/

Here is the links for a software called TinyLine SVG which implements an SVG Tiny 1.1+ engine for J2ME platform (CLDC and CDC). TinyLine SVG allows incorporating SVG Tiny 1.1+ graphics into Java applications across Java profiles from CLDC /MIDP2.0, CDC/Personal Java to J2SE.
http://www.tinyline.com/

Creating SVG tiny Graphics Using Adobe Creative Suite

Hi Guys,

I finally found a method for creating true SVG tiny graphics for mobile phone using the Adobe Creative Suite.

Here are the details¹ :

A Mobile SVG Tiny Workflow

Using the Adobe® Creative Suite together with Ikivo Animator, you can set up a flexible workflow for designing and animating mobile content. This workflow includes:

• Adobe Illustrator® CS2 for creating SVG-t graphics
• Ikivo Animator for animating and previewing those SVG-t graphics
• Adobe GoLive® CS2 for authoring and publishing XHTML pages and SMIL-based MMS content that incorporates animated SVG-t graphics

To design animated SVG-t content, first create objects, shapes, and backgrounds in Illustrator CS2. Then, using Ikivo Animator, move, scale, rotate, and change the attributes, such as color or visibility, of these objects over time. You can also add hyperlinks and mouse events. As you work in Ikivo Animator, precisely preview the results for your target mobile devices. And once your animations are complete, incorporate them into XHTML pages designed in GoLive CS2, or use the GoLive SMIL Editor to design MMS presentations with SVG-t animations and sound.

References:
1. http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/1097/1/Designing-Mobile-SVG-Tiny-content