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Gaido
Presented by: Ryan Curtis and Scott Markoski
Advisor: Bob Dugan
Department of Computer Science
Stonehill College
Easton, MA 02357
Background: Computer Science Capstone Course
 Most computer science courses are concerned
with fundamental principles.
 The Capstone course is concerned with real
world software development and delivery.
 The Capstone course is writing intensive:
project management essay, requirements
document, design document, user manual.
 The Capstone course is based on a real world
software development project with a real
client.
Background: Prior Capstone Projects
 Automated Ticketing System
 Automate and streamline Stonehill College Police
parking ticket process.
 Merit Point Automation System
 Automate and streamline Residence Life Merit
Point Program for housing lottery.
 NPO Net
 Social networking website for Non-Profit
Organizations
Background: Computer Science Capstone Project 2010
 Stonehill Marketing and Admissions
 Interested in new ways to reach prospective students.
 Many prospective students are stealth tourists and don’t
participate in college sponsored tours.
 One possibility is a mobile touring application.
 Existing mobile touring applications are lack exciting features and
are expensive due to hosting costs.
 Mobile Applications
 A mobile application enables a user to access web data wirelessly
through WiFi or cell networks.
 Location based mobile application make use of on board GPS data
to provide location based services.
 Examples: GPS Navigation, Yelp, Google Googles, Google Maps
 Working with Stonehill Marketing and Admissions, the
students in the Computer Science Capstone developed
Gaido.
What is Gaido?
 Gaido is a location based mobile application that…
 Allows users to take a guided tour of a location such as a school,
neighborhood, park or historic location.
 Allows users to view picture, video, audio and text content
associated with each tour destination.
 Allows users interact with specially designed content.
 Downloads tour data from a web server managed by GaidoManager.
 GaidoManager is a content management system that…
 Allows a tour administrator to create and edit tour themes at a
particular tour site.
 Allows a tour administrator to create and edit tour destinations at a
particular tour site.
 Associate picture, video, audio and text content with tour
destinations.
 Allows a tour administrator to view a live map showing tour users,
tour destinations and tour interactions.
Demo One: Gaido
Demo Two: GaidoManager
Gaido Interactions
The environment outside the
smartphone can also interact with
the user during a tour.
Gaido Architecture
GaidoManager Architecture
QuadClock
Interactive
Servlet
Watchfire
Interactive
Servlet
Arduino
Interactive
Servlet
Gaido Interactive
Distributor
Interaction
Architecture
Diagram
Gaido
Database
Geographic Trigger
Service
Gaido
Android
...
Gaido GPS Publisher Service
Gaido GPS Heading Calculator
GadioManager: Live User Location
GaidoManager: Live User Location
Updating
Future Work
 Estimated Cost: 480 hours for Gaido at $50/hr
is $24,000
 Porting to iPhone and other mobile platorms
 Additional interactions
 Additional tours
Thanks to
Marketing and Admissions: Chris Augustine,Heather
Bruntil, Anne Gallucci, Kathrin Havrilla, Shane LaPrade,
Shannon McDonough, Alexis Sneff
Media Relations: George Tyrell, Mike Pietrowski
Information Technology: Tamara Anderson
Conference and Events: Mark Sabina
Vice President Mary Beth Carey
Watchfire: Carl Roth
Google: Ben Bayer
Interactive Distributor