ATMA: Android Travel Mate Application A Visit Perak Year 2012 Case Study

Travel has always been a man’s best pastime, an approach to relieve from the daily
stress, a halt from the tedious life and to experience the thrill of adventure. Until the
last decade, camera was a traveler’s best friend but little did we know that things are
going to change to a lot better. Life in today’s world is always on the move. With the
advancement of technology, smart phones nowadays have boundless capabilities to
feed rich user experience with interactive features.
ATMA is an Android-based application for travelers to capture travel moment with
multimedia integration. This application allows users to create, store and view their
trips, trip related information and all the memories that bring with it. The user will
also be able to share the trip information with their acquaintances through social
media sharing medium such as Twitter.
The idea of this project arose from the evolution of travel log formats, which reflects
the need for better information regarding how travelers capture their travel activities
within a day or multi-day period so that they can maximize their travel and tourism
experiences.
In order to develop such application, the author had conducted research on the
following domains: (1) personalized travel application (2) approaches to maximize
travel and tourism experiences through mobile technologies in Malaysia context.
For the research methodology, this study focuses on qualitative research acquired
from feedback of travelers on their experiences in using the existing system and their
opinions on the new interactive application. Perak Tourism also cooperated in giving
feedbacks on the prototype of this application. Using a Rapid Application
Development (RAD) model, the author successfully developed an application that is
user-friendly and cost-effective using Android platform. The final prototype of
ATMA Android application is developed using Google AppInventor.