Study Spot Finder
Study Spot Finder is a helpful tool to find a building in which to study at any time of day. It provides details about distance from a particular building and how full the building is as well. The main finding we had was that it requires a lot of preparation and planning in order to get this application running.
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Group Members:
Joseph Lisi Sami Zaidi
Charles Beach Tevon Hastings
Alex Kim Ahmad Anani
Jacob Allen Dachuan Yan
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Problem
A problem that students face here at Michigan is finding a open spot on campus to study. Study Spot Finder helps students easily and efficiently locate a building to assist with any academic endeavours.
Methods
Results
The results of this project were finalizing a building index and producing results that show how full main buildings are on campus relative to size and number of people. This project took a while with a lot of help from this team and others. In an organization like ITS you must make your project adaptable in order for a variety of teams to be able to understand the project and assist with development.
In order to solve the problem for students, we provided occupancy data regarding the study locations. The data provided includes how many people are in each study location. This is displayed in a ranked list. We coded the application to change the ranking system based on the current users’ location. This results in a more functional list, which is especially useful for new students. Also included is a heat map of campus that gives a different view of the data. The Django Python framework was leveraged to build the web application.