GNSS-and-GIS based android integration of mobile based virtual guide application ExpLahore for walled city Lahore, Pakistan

Aaysha Rahim; Najam Abbas  Naqvi

doi:10.47264/idea.nasij/2.1.2

Authors

Aaysha Rahim Department of GNSS, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-5580
Najam Abbas Naqvi Space Education and GNSS Lab, National Center of GIS and Space Application, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7640-0877

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.nasij/2.1.2

Keywords:

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Positioning Service (GPS), Geo tagging, Android, Tourism, Pakistan

Abstract

The expansion of technology by utilizing Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) has made life much easier and handy. Global interactions have given birth to tourism and intra-culture programs. Many foreigners as well as local tourists prefer to explore the sites on their own instead of a guide, this is quite adventurous but can be tedious too and brings along a lot of security risks. This research is based on design and development of an android application considering “Walled City, Lahore, Pakistan”. The application will help tourist geotag their information. This application has been developed with the fact to provide precise position through GNSS, the coordinates have been refined using ArcGIS and QGIS and placed in application using Android Studio and Adobe Illustrator. GIS allowed creating interactive queries, analyzing spatial information and map creation, shape file extraction and 99% precise coordinates than maps we use. In travelling world, geotagging is a great and trending feature that allows user to share their exact position. The application will locate user’s coordinates (Latitude and Longitude), current satellite count, precision, altitude, time and day. The guidance application helps user find the correct possible route to the monuments of walled City, Lahore. Information and precise location of 14 place groups of Lahore city, as well as precise route to them is also a feature of the application.

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