Information Kiosks
Information Kiosks. Gordy Pace Director of Applications & Media Development Mike Dreesman Senior Videographer Jamey Maxwell Senior Programmer. The Next Generation. The University of Montana. Located in Missoula, MT Public unit of the Montana University System 13,558 students.
Information Kiosks
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Information Kiosks Gordy Pace Director of Applications & Media Development Mike Dreesman Senior Videographer Jamey Maxwell Senior Programmer The Next Generation
The University of Montana • Located in Missoula, MT • Public unit of the Montana University System • 13,558 students
ITO Applications & Media • Grant and contract funded development group • University, government and non-profit clients • Custom web applications, video, interactive CD/DVD development
The kiosk project Lewis & Clark Trail Intelligent Transportation System Kiosk
Project background • Bicentennial of Lewis & Clark expedition 2003-2006 • 2,000 miles of Lewis & Clark trail in Montana • Tourism is Montana’s second largest industry • Additional 4-8 million visitors expected
Goals of project • Improve efficiency and convenience for travelers • Enhance safety • Promote tourism • Develop new ITS technologies Bozeman Pass - 06/26/03 09:25 MDT
Project modifications • Five-year project reduced to one year • Project leadership changes
The kiosks • Travel and tourism information • Road reports, weather, live mountain pass images • Lewis & Clark history and points of interest • HD video and wireless
Lewis & Clark content • VIAs – producers of Discovering Lewis & Clark website www.lewis-clark.org • Barbara Fifer – author of several Lewis & Clark books
High Definition on a Low Budget Mike Dreesman
HDTV What is it? • Part of the new DTV standard adopted by the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC). • Scheduled to replace current analog TV system by 2006 (2009?) • Substantially higher resolution than SDTV. • 16x9 Aspect Ratio • 5.1 Surround Sound
Acquisition • Sony HDW-700a camera • Tyler Mount for aerial footage
HD Encoding Solutions • Windows Media 9 Encoder • Canopus Procoder • Sorenson Squeeze • Apple QuickTime H.264
The Next Big Thing: HDV • Extremely low cost HD solution • Records to DV tape • Transfer via firewire • MPEG2 compression • Wide-spread industry support Sony HDR-FX1
Technical Development Jamey Maxwell
Technical Development • Technologies • Active Server Pages (ASP) • C# (.NET) • XML • CSV • Access DB
Project Metrics • 72% of development done between May 1st – July 27th 2004 • 4 Developers • Most developers @ .5 FTE
Kiosk System Specs Dell Dimension 4600 • Processor:P4 2.2 GHz • Ram:256MB • Video:GeForce2 GTS 128MB • OS:Windows XP Pro IIS 5.0 SiteKiosk v5.5 • Monitor:Elo 17” LCD Touch Screen
SiteKiosk v5.5 • Secure (replaces OS shell) • Powerful scripting support • Site statistics • Fully customizable/skin-able • Run external applications
Lewis & Clark SiteKiosk Skin • Custom navigation • Custom buttons/links • Customize start page • Carousel (screensaver)
Kiosk Statistics (SiteReport) • Navigations • Usage-Time • Crashes • Errors • By Hour, Day, & Month • Most Requested Pages
Kiosk Status • Stats updated nightly • View last reporting date • View kiosk Statistics • crashes, • navigations, & • active time. • View FTP Connection Log (Separate application)
Update Kiosk Information FTP Server • Windows 2000 Advanced Server • Parse Applications • City Conditions (C# -.NET) • City Forecasts (C# -.NET) • RWIS Cameras (C# -.NET) • Zone Forecasts (C# -.NET) • Road Report (C# -.NET) Kiosk • Custom Sync Application • FTP Connection • Updates every 15 min. • XML • CSV • Access DB
Kiosk – Mantis (HD) Connection • Connected via RS-232 (serial com port) • HDCom • Custom com application • 4 hours of development time.
Wireless Application • ASP.NET mobile web application • Using mobile web controls • Running on separate computer • Accessible from any 802.11b device • Videos • windows media encoder 9 • Save text files for later
