While it has become easy to find the best route between addresses in an outdoor environment using mobile and web apps, it is still often difficult to find the best route in an indoor environment or between locations in different buildings (e.g., on and between buildings on different university campuses like TUM). Room numbering and naming systems are confusing, and the room system is mostly not included in existing mapping apps. Existing web applications (like the TUM room finder https://portal.mytum.de/campus/roomfinder) often do not meet the requirements of the users for several reasons. This is a problem for visitors, staff and students on the campuses, who often get lost, especially on large and divided campuses.

Within this thesis, an efficient user-centered campus routing system should be developed while defining the attributes of the routing network. Thus, several use cases for the different user groups needs to be defined. Special attention should be paid on the visualization once a user switches between several campus buildings (combination of indoor and outdoor routing). A prototype app that tackles the indoor routing and visualization problem can be implemented as a web-based (HTML/CSS/JavaScript-based) or a mobile (native iOS or Android) application. Existing configurable solutions that facilitate creating the necessary base maps for a routing system for a JavaScript application, such as the Campus Place Locator1 or the Campus Editor2 can be used and enhanced by specific routing functionality (Network Service). Finally, a usability test shall be executed with the prototype. The TUM buildings (main campus Arcisstr. and Garching campus) are used as a case study.

1 Campus Place Locator
http://solutions.arcgis.com/local-government/help/campus-place-locator/
2 Campus Editor
http://solutions.arcgis.com/local-government/help/campus-editing/

Proposers: Juliane Cron MSc, Dr. Mathias Jahnke, Dr. Jan Wilkening (ESRI)