The Development of Class Location Finder Application: Case Study of Politeknik Kuching Sarawak

Abstrak

The number of various types of navigation system applications has
been increasing nowadays with the demand from users. The use of
navigation system applications depends on the purpose of the product.
There are quite several products available in the market such as
location navigation, hiking routes, marine navigation, etc but for
specific places’ navigation is not available. All the above navigation
system application uses the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
to determine the location position while using the Geographic
Information System (GIS) for the spatial and attribute data. This study
focuses on developing a navigation application for navigating users to
locate classes in Politeknik Kuching Sarawak. The targeted users for
this study are students and lecturers as the main customers. The main
components of this application are the integration of class location
databases and open-source map features for route navigation. This
study involved collecting the class accommodation details as attribute
data in combining GIS with GNSS components. This study introduced
a wide variety and diversity of navigation applications but only focused
on locating classes at Politeknik Kuching Sarawak. To realize this type
of navigation application, a well-planned methodology has been carried
out. First, carried out the data acquisition and data preparation for the
class coordinates and accommodations. Then, the application was
developed using JotForm software. After that, the app installation link
was shared with several respondents to test the app. The respondents
will give their feedback through a distributed google form so that the
developer can analyse the effectiveness of the application and will be
able to improve the application update in the next version.