Driving Directions via Mapquest

Get directions from anywhere to anywhere on your cell phone

Operational Concepts

• Gets driving directions just like on mapquest.com

• Marketed towards end consumers

• Doesn’t display maps – just text directions

System Requirements

• Cell phone• Supports java

• Has internet/server access

• Mapquest must be online

System Architecture

• Midlet inputs query from user

• Midlet sends query to servlet

• Servlet sends query to mapquest.com

• Mapquest.com returns directions to servlet

• Servlet parses directions, returns them to midlet

• Midlet displays directions for user

Lifecycle Plan

• Small initial development• Midlet is very simple

• Servlet has some complexity, but is very feasible given the short time frame

• Future support could be problematic• Mapquest may change its query format,

requiring changes to the servlet

Feasibility Rationale

• This idea is feasible• Servlet prototype went smoothly – the data we

need is easily accessible

• Parsing may be tricky, but is doable

• There is a market for this product