iWander (Capstone Project) Implementation Overview

Click on the Info-Icon to see a navigation map showing in which order the iWander HTML pages and CGI scripts are called, and which data and parameters are passed:

Internet Technologies Utilized

The following web pages and CGI scripts are presented to the Virtual Wanderer (and Administrator):

• Home Page (iwander.html)
  This page introduces the user to the web aplication, provides a link to the pop-up user help and a link to the page that will start them wandering. (It also provides a link to the Administrator's Operations page.)
       The code for iwander.html

• Welcome Page (iwander.cgi)
  This page allows the user to pick a region to wander and a a vessel (mode of transportation). A name for the trip, proposed starting time and the user's name are also input.
       The code for iwander.cgi

• Start-Trip Page (starttrip.cgi)
  This page displays an image of the region selected and provides a list of starting points from which to start wandering from and links to pages that describe the available starting points
       The code for starttrip.cgi

• Current Waypoint Page (waypoint.cgi)
  This the page where the real wandering happens. A Virtual Wanderer can see the current waypoint, see the views from that waypoint and choose to wander to destinations that are reachable.
       The code for waypoint.cgi

• Show Trip/Navigation Log Page (showlog.cgi)
  This page shows the waypoints visited by the wanderer in a trip-log form.
       The code for showlog.cgi

• Administrator Operations Page(adminmenu.cgi)
  This page is for Administrators and allows them to manipulate (show, insert, delete) Virtual Wanderer data from the vw MySQL database.
       The code for adminmenu.cgi

A few configuration parameters are contained in the following conf-file and references by some of the CGI scripts:

• Configuration Parameters File (iwander.conf)
  • Debug: On or Off
  • Database: local or 'host'

The following HTML pages serve as entry points to the iWander on-line help and documentation:

• Administrator Help Pages (adminhelp.html, ...)
• User Help Pages (mainhelp.html, ...)