HYPERMARKET ITEM LOCATOR

The purpose of this report is to record all the data for both first and second phase of
Final Year Project. In the first phase, author is focused more on research work for
finding data and information regarding to the project. In the second phase, author
will record all the process along the development.
Hypermarket item locater is a mobile application that helps user to find their
preferred item in the hypermarket near to their place. The application will suggest the
nearest hypermarket from user location. By retrieving the hypermarket data, user can
have brief information of their preferred items which includes the location (floor,
isle) and price. In order to get user to the nearest hypermarket, a GPS technology will
be connected to the application. GPS will locate user to the nearest hypermarket from
their location.
Currently, existing item locator can only give information to user on the items. With
this modification, hypermarket item locator can also direct user to the nearest
hypermarket from their location. Therefore, user especially tourist and traveler could
cut their time to shop. The study is meant to research on how the hypermarket item
locator could be connected to GPS so that the application could suggest the nearest
hypermarket where user can fmd their items there. Qualitative research method is
being used to gather necessary data on suitable approach to integrate GPS with
hypermarket item locator. The result of data finding is going to be discussed further
at the end of this report together with the system architecture of the application.
The hypermarket item locator prototype then will be developed by using Android
Software Development Kit (Eclipse IDE) tool and Java Android as the language.
Android SDK is selected for its open development platform, which offers developers
the ability to build extremely rich and innovative applications especially on mobile
application.