I agree with TreKing: you have defined your problem so large that you will have to understand a huge amount of stuff just to get started.
Decompose your problem into smaller steps, each with a meaningful goal. That way you can deliver something small, then improve on it and allow your understanding to grow at a steady pace. For Example: 1. Decide on a piece of interesting outdoor artwork that is near to you. Find its co-ordinates. 2. Write an app that will display the location of that artwork on a map. 3. Enhance your app so that it will display and update the phone location as well as the artwork location. 4. Enhance the app so that pressing a button brings up a text screen containing information about the artwork. 5. Enhance the app so that pressing a button brings up a text screen and an audio commentary 6. Enhance the app so that the button appears only when the phone is within 20 meters of the artwork 7. Enhance the app .... you get the idea You should have a clear idea of where you want to get to in the end - but reduce the task down to much smaller pieces that are much more achievable. It would be better to have a project that does some simple stuff well rather than a lot of stuff badly or not at all. Good luck. On Apr 3, 8:48 am, svr <stefanrijnste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm building an application for a school project that will allow users > to create a route along various locations within a chose category. > > The problem is that I have never worked with GPS locations or > navigation scripts before and I don't really know how to approach this > build. So I’m hoping someone could provide me whit some useful > information to get me started. > > The idea is that the user first makes a selection between a couple of > given categories, like say; Art galleries, Architecture and music. > after the user has chosen a category, the application will show > various locations that are relevant to the chosen category. > > Example: > like for instance say the user chooses the category "architecture" he > will get the locations of all the great architectural buildings within > the given city or village he or she is in. > > the next step is that the user can connect the given locations whit > one another to create a route between the locations > > Example: > The user selects the firs location he wants to visit this will mark > the start point of the route. when the next location is selected, it > automatically will be connected to the first location and thereby > creating a route between the locations. > > the final step is that the user will be navigated along the route he > created. when the user arrives at a location he or she selected the > application provides the user with information about the object that > is based on that location. The information is provided in the form of > audio speech and text information. > > Example: > the user created a route along several outdoor art pieces he wanted to > go and see. he starts up the navigation and follows the route. When he > arrives at one of the selected locations the application provides him > with relevant information about the out door art piece throughout an > audio file. That only starts playing when arrives at a selected > location. > > I’m hoping someone could help me out here because I’m really stuck. > > greetings, > > Stefan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
