So It Begins... - 2/5/14
I received my project on Thursday, January 30th. Overall, I am unsure of what I was going to be doing on this project, whether I am supposed to be reworking part of the product itself and/or expanding upon what has already been completed. I have been digesting what all is entailed with this and will be meeting with Dr. Pankratz to further align myself with the objectives and deliverables of the project, along with maintaining the correct scope on it along the way.
Where is the Time Going? - 2/11/14
I am well through a good portion of my allotted design phase. I know the elephant in the room is the visualization of the maps on my application and interfacing them with the database that I will be standing up behind the application. Will be continuing my research on the Google Map APIs and GeoCoding that was previously used. I have a good idea of what database to stand up, but will need to design how I will be organizing the tables and what functionality I will be able to keep within it to take the load off the C# application with the maps.
Now We're Mapping! - 3/5/14
Maps have successfully sprung onto the application. Now to figure out how to place markers over the map to indicate a current location and destination. There is not much really at all out there in terms to dealing with this sort of application and on this platform. It seems there really is only a select set of references available to present the map and utilize the functionality of said map.
Needing Direction... - 3/25/14
Progress has finally been made on the application where I can place markers onto an overlay that is presented over the map image. When the map first initializes however, it has the markers at an incorrect position until I scroll to move the map around and then they snap into their correct positions. With this accomplished, I can move onto finding directions from a point A to a point B. Also, I can start utilizing a storage method for keeping track of customers and their locations to find them on a map.
About Face - 4/9/14
After meeting with Dr. Pankratz again, I have further aligned myself with the true aspirations of the the project: those being to visually mark the passengers, their destinations, and find the relative distance between the two points. Finding the distance along the route taken will likely be an addition to the project later on.
Presentation Is Looming - 4/17/14
Two weeks until our public presentations. Time to get things cracking. I have various ideas on how to input, store and load the data that my application will use pertaining to the passengers but don't know quite yet which to implement and if it will work. I have been letting progress slip with my time consumed in my other courses and there being no points of having to update on progress, other than through yourself, the midterm demos, and the presentation time.
Crunch Time - 4/24/14
I have finally got my application working in a method that I intend for it to work. Originally, I had pursued storing and pulling from a relational database and store the data in class objects, then I attempted at loading the data from a text file and using the same storage method to no avail, but what worked was storing in simple arrays and loading the data from a simple Microsoft Access table.
Post Presentation - 5/5/14
It is almost surreal, to know that I have successfully completed the presentation of my work on my project and all that remains is my defense appointment with the faculty and the final hand-in of the project materials. There's still plenty to add on before the final hand-in. Additionally, I have been requested to add my project to the g: drive, working in a different version of visual studio than I had originally developed in.
I received my project on Thursday, January 30th. Overall, I am unsure of what I was going to be doing on this project, whether I am supposed to be reworking part of the product itself and/or expanding upon what has already been completed. I have been digesting what all is entailed with this and will be meeting with Dr. Pankratz to further align myself with the objectives and deliverables of the project, along with maintaining the correct scope on it along the way.
Where is the Time Going? - 2/11/14
I am well through a good portion of my allotted design phase. I know the elephant in the room is the visualization of the maps on my application and interfacing them with the database that I will be standing up behind the application. Will be continuing my research on the Google Map APIs and GeoCoding that was previously used. I have a good idea of what database to stand up, but will need to design how I will be organizing the tables and what functionality I will be able to keep within it to take the load off the C# application with the maps.
Now We're Mapping! - 3/5/14
Maps have successfully sprung onto the application. Now to figure out how to place markers over the map to indicate a current location and destination. There is not much really at all out there in terms to dealing with this sort of application and on this platform. It seems there really is only a select set of references available to present the map and utilize the functionality of said map.
Needing Direction... - 3/25/14
Progress has finally been made on the application where I can place markers onto an overlay that is presented over the map image. When the map first initializes however, it has the markers at an incorrect position until I scroll to move the map around and then they snap into their correct positions. With this accomplished, I can move onto finding directions from a point A to a point B. Also, I can start utilizing a storage method for keeping track of customers and their locations to find them on a map.
About Face - 4/9/14
After meeting with Dr. Pankratz again, I have further aligned myself with the true aspirations of the the project: those being to visually mark the passengers, their destinations, and find the relative distance between the two points. Finding the distance along the route taken will likely be an addition to the project later on.
Presentation Is Looming - 4/17/14
Two weeks until our public presentations. Time to get things cracking. I have various ideas on how to input, store and load the data that my application will use pertaining to the passengers but don't know quite yet which to implement and if it will work. I have been letting progress slip with my time consumed in my other courses and there being no points of having to update on progress, other than through yourself, the midterm demos, and the presentation time.
Crunch Time - 4/24/14
I have finally got my application working in a method that I intend for it to work. Originally, I had pursued storing and pulling from a relational database and store the data in class objects, then I attempted at loading the data from a text file and using the same storage method to no avail, but what worked was storing in simple arrays and loading the data from a simple Microsoft Access table.
Post Presentation - 5/5/14
It is almost surreal, to know that I have successfully completed the presentation of my work on my project and all that remains is my defense appointment with the faculty and the final hand-in of the project materials. There's still plenty to add on before the final hand-in. Additionally, I have been requested to add my project to the g: drive, working in a different version of visual studio than I had originally developed in.