Fika
What has to be true before this system can help?
A campus has buildings, paths and boundaries that general-purpose maps may not represent in enough detail. A person also needs a destination and a usable position on the campus map before a route can be calculated.
General-purpose maps may not contain the local detail needed to guide people reliably through a complex campus. Fika provides campus-specific walking directions using locally maintained spatial data.
How the system handles financial work
Fika loads the KU boundary and local path data, accepts a selected destination and browser location, matches the start and destination to nearby graph nodes, computes an A* path and turns the path into walking maneuvers.
The route depends on the local map and device position available at the time. It provides guidance; it does not guarantee that a physical path or position has not changed.
The research behind the system
Navigation remains useful when the map, route graph and maneuver logic can operate close to the user without depending on a general-purpose directions service.
The financial work this system supports
The research unit connected to this system describes the financial work the system is intended to support.
Technology used by the system
These capabilities make the system's work possible without replacing the people, rules and records that give it meaning.
See the system in its current form
There is no deployment or virtual business environment linked to this system yet. The current implementation and connected research records show how the system is designed to operate.
A localized campus navigation system that uses local spatial data, device positioning and client-side route computation to guide people through Kenyatta University.
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Campus Navigation
Location-aware navigation environments where people need reliable movement through mapped places.
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emerges from → Research unitKU Campus Navigation
How can a person navigate a mapped campus using local spatial data and route computation?
Explore uses → TechnologyGeospatial Technology
Location-aware technology for understanding fields, routes, exposure and changing conditions.
Explore uses → TechnologyEdge Computing
Computing and sensing performed closer to the people, devices and physical operations using the system.
ExploreHave a location-based problem that needs reliable navigation?
Describe the places, local map data, positioning constraints and route decisions people need to make.