ArrivieW2: an Android Application for General-Purpose Information Presentation Using Google Map API, Location and Azimuth Sensor

This paper describes an Android application for general-purpose information presentation. A researcher at Waseda University identified where all the 766 photos taken at the beginning of excavation in Tonozuka and Himezuka ancient tombs in Shibayama Town in 1956. In our laboratory, AR-TonoHime was developed that took advantage of its feature. It is an Android application by using an AR (augmented reality) technology that presents the photos, descriptions, and reading voices at the time of excavation at the exact location where the photos were taken. Later, by using location and azimuth data, the system was expanded to GPS-TonoHime which does not need markers. Although GPS-TonoHime directly embeds content such as photos and data such as location information in the application, we developed ArrivieW which can deal with some contents data on outside of the application. In this study, we present ArrivieW version 2 which uses Google Map API and sensor data of location and azimuth. It can show current location almost correctly. We confirmed that the application successfully presents photos, descriptive text, and read-aloud voice when the user visits the site and turns in a certain direction.