Ranger Assistant is an iOS application designed to assist the service rangers of the National Park Service in maintaining the park. In addition to that, it would provide them with the feature to keep track of the visitors present in the park, number of visitors assigned to them, maintain work reports and allow them to handle routine technical skills.
In order to design the application, we went through a design process focusing on creating the required pages and the components contained by these pages to make the jobs of the rangers easier. To begin with the design process, it was essential for us to consider having a real-time map, input fields, facility of tracking other rangers, assigned visitors, maintaining the park, and the most important, a ‘Report Emergency’ button to notify all the rangers in case of any emergency, for them to be able to take required precautions.
Home Page Check In / Check Out
First Aid check out Under the First-Aid Check Out page, the ranger is supposed to fill out the information of what first aid is checked out from the inventory before the visit, and the quantity. After submitting, the database will be updated and the manager will be notified about the stock in the inventory. Using this feature, the manager can always keep track of first aids in the inventory.
Management Work Report of the ranger. Cleanliness Tracker. Using this feature will provide the rangers with the facility to report complaints along with their real-time location. Following this, the complaints will be received by the manager and he will be able to take further actions relating to the issue notified.
Visitors Stats Total Rangers on duty Visitors Active Visitors assigned to the ranger Total Visitors on that day
Track Rangers Show the real time position of all the rangers on duty for the rangers to keep themselves updated about visits and visitors.
Emergency In case of any emergency, by clicking the ‘Report Emergency’ button, the application would notify all the rangers and the managers on duty for them to take necessary precaution. For the ease of locating the button, the ‘Report Emergency’ button is placed on the top-right corner of the page.
Website links: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service https://www.nps.gov/subjects/infrastructure/maintenance-backlog.htm https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/national-park-service https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/contactus.htm
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