Chalmers University is located on two campuses in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. A geographic information system was built on top of the Nuxeo Platform to help students find their way around the university areas. An iOS app was also created. During this talk, you will see how it was done.

1. Building an iOS App
with Nuxeo
2013-10-09 Jean-Marc Orliaguet
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2. Building an iOS app with Nuxeo
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3. Background
• Chalmers University of Technology is located on two
campuses in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.
• An app to help students find their way around the
campuses and the city.
• Architecture:
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A geographic information system (GIS) and a collection
of web services.
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A proxy to external information systems (travel
information, room bookings, restaurant menus, etc)
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4. On the client-side
• iOS: iPhone, iPad, available today in the App Store
(name: ”Find Your Way at Chalmers”)
• Administration UI: MacOS app
• Interactive web map (HTML5): Fall 2013
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5. The iOS app
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6. The interactive map (Web)
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7. The administraion UI (MacOS)
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8. Works as a DMS
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9. Server: Nuxeo / Tomcat / SQL
• Nuxeo: NXSQL / WebEngine (REST, JSON, SOAP)
• Document types: Areas, Buildings, Room, Facilities,
Photos
• Geographic information of every object (points,
polygons) as of today +1000 documents
• Information arranged in a tree structure mirroring the
objects’ geography
• A proxy to other live information systems, SOAP ->
JSON
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10. Live search
Live search uses nuxeo
NXSQL query engine:
- Ability to build complex
queries.
- High performance
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11. Map server
• Geographic information is licensed from
OpenStreetMap
• A map server (Mapnik + Nginx) managed from
nuxeo
• Many levels of cache (client + server) - Redis
• Live rendering of buildings and areas (parking, etc)
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12. Map rendering: mapnik
”Documents” (buildings) are drawn on the map:
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13. Future
• Android app: early 2014
• Finding employees with building / floor location.
• Information stands, large iPads ?
• Very large touch screens, glass wall projection.
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