janiduw / touristhelper

An application helping out tourists with nearby locations

TouristHelper

An application helping out tourists with nearby locations.

1. Clone the repository

• TouristHelper - The application project
• TouristHelperCore - Framework project with reusable components

2. Pod install on TouristHelper

3. Open TouristHelper.xcworkspace to get started

4. Run tests by opening TouristHelperCore.xcworkspace

Traceability matrix

Story	Status
As a user, I would like to see a map, so that I could browse through locations	Done
As a user, I would like to see my current location, so that I see my current location on the map	Done
As a user, I would like to see interesting places in a map, so that I could find an interesting place to visit	Done
As a user, I would like to find more information about an interesting place, so that I could visit the place	Done
As a user, I would like to get a crow path route of my map, so that I could find the best route to take	Done (The Algorithm could be further optimized)

High-level architecture

TouristHelperCore

These are the advantages of extracting core services onto a separate framework.

• Improves testability
• Makes core functionality reusable between future applications

3rd party libraries/frameworks

Name	Reason
CocoaPods	Dependency management
GoogleMaps	Map rendering
AFNetworking	Feature rich API for Networking
CocoaLumberjack	Managed Logging
PureLayout	Elegant API for Auto layouts
TSMessages	UI notifications that are less intrusive

Google Maps iOS SDK vs Google Maps Web services

Google Maps iOS SDK only exposes limited set of APIs to do a location search. Therefore I made requests to the Google Maps Web services. Google Maps iOS SDK was mainly used for Map rendering.