Assistive Technology For Night Blind Tourist: A Mobile Application Approach

ObaidUllah Owais Khan, Kamran Ahsan and Abdul Salam
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ObaidUllah Owais Khan: Department of Computer Science, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Kamran Ahsan: Department of Computer Science, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Abdul Salam: Department of Computer Science, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA), 2014, vol. 6, issue 4, 43-65

Abstract: Tourism is one of the largest growing industry worldwide. A tourist will naturally keep on travelling to different countries and sub-continents. Several researchers have addressed and proposed Mobile applications to facilitate Tourist and Tourismin different areas. A Mobile application to assist nightblind tourist is still one of the unaddressed issues by the researchers. This paper proposes a Mobile application model for the Tourist who facesdifficulty in vision during dark times, referred to as night blindness. The proposed application model is based on the difference of current time with sunset time. The application module uses mobile technology and difference of time function to proactively alert the night blind tourist to reach its safe place or destination before sunset. This model also provides an alternate path and distance with respect to time and user location. This proposed mobile application is very useful for the apprehensive night blind tourist who feels fear in travelling during the close of day times.

Date: 2014
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