Teacup Lake Nordic Snow Park Application

The Teacup Lake Snow Park located near Hood River Oregon, is a US Forest Service park with year around use, such as, hiking, biking, skiing and snow shoeing, to name a few.  The area features 20 km of groomed back country trails for both classic and skate skiing.  The Teacup Lake Nordic Club grooms the trails three days per week from December 1 through March 31 as well as maintaining the facilities, organizing cross country races and events.

The Teacup Lake Nordic Application was designed to provide accurate up-to-date information to the park users which would allow them to make decisions about where and when to use the park, determine distances or conditions of trails, current weather, detailed trail terrain map and Google map locations.

The application is available on the Android Market.

 

Features of version 1 are as follows:

Version 1.0

• Tab layout with five tabs
• Twitter Tab
  • Content for this tab is obtained from the Teacup Nordic twitter page and is updated daily with trail conditions, grooming schedule and other trail conditions
• Weather Tab
• This tab contains three weather pages updated by various groups around the vicinity of the snow park
• Bennett Pass/Mt Hood Meadows weather station
• Government Pass weather station
• Blue Box Pass weather station
• Weather Forecast Tap
• This tab contains four weather forecast stattions that you can view
• NOAA Weather forecast for Teacup lake
• Government Camp Free air freezing levels
• 6-day Mt, Hood Meadows forecast
• 6-day Cooper Spur forecast
• Trail Map Tab
  • Trail image from Teacup Lake Nordic club maps showing the trails, shelters and boundaries
• Google Map Tab
  • Google map with markers showing locations of parking lot and shelters
• Preference Menu
  • Google Maps options
    • Zoom preference
    • View preference
      • Traffic
      • Street
      • Satellite
  • Weather station preference
  • Forecast station preference

Tab Examples:

Twitter:

 Weather tab

 Forecast Tab

 trail Map tab

 Google Map tab

 Preferences

Meissner Snow Park Application

The Virginia Meissner Snow Park located outside of Bend, Oregon, is a US Forest Service park with year around use, such as, hiking, biking, skiing and snow shoeing, to name a few.   The area features 40 km of trails, stunning views and a variety of terrain for both classic and skate skiing.  The Meissner Nordic Club , a chapter of Oregon Nordic Club, grooms the trails four days per week from December 1 through March 31 as well as sponsoring various ski related activities at the facility.

The Meissner Application was designed to provide accurate up-to-date information to the users which would allow them to make decisions about where and when to use the park, determine distances or conditions of trails, current weather, detailed trail terrain map and Google map locations.

The application was made possible with the assistance of the following individuals:

• Kevin English - Director of Communications for TCL/Meissner Nordic - User Requirements and Design
• Mike Ross - Tumalo Graphics - Graphics
• TLC Meissner Membership - Beta Testers
• Sarah Brosier - Functional Testing

The application is available on the Android Market.   

 

Detailed user manual available here.

Features of version 1.9 are as follows:

Version 1.9

• Tab layout with 5 tabs
• Conditions Tab
  • Content for this tab is obtained from the Meissner Nordic web site and is updated daily with trail conditions, grooming schedule and other trail conditions
• Weather Tab
• This tab contains three weather pages updated by various groups around the vicinity of the snow park
• Wanoga Butte automated weather station
• US97 Lava Butte (assist travelers)
• National weather service for this location
• Trail Map Tab
  • Trail image from US Forest service maps showing the trails, shelters and boundaries
• Trail List Tab
  • List of the trails including mileage and level of difficulty
  • Detail map section, when trail is pressed
• Google Map Tab
  • Google map with markers showing locations of parking lot and shelters
• Preferences Menu
  • Provide defaults for various tabs
    • Maps Tab
    • Weather Tab

Tab Examples:

Conditions:

Weather:

Trail List:

Trail Detail:

Trail Map:

Preferences:

Android Applications by Ron

Android application development is a hobby for me.  When Android first came to the market I was very excited that the framework would include open source projects and a Java platform.  My first application was never placed on the market but used as a learning experience to allow me to fight through making various activities function on the Emulator.  It was a great experience and from then I was hooked on the concept and searching for potential projects.

My "full time" day job consists of application development and application support for a very intense system that uses a variety of technologies, such as IBM System I, running DB2 and RPGLE to Linux servers using JBoss server, Jboss open-source framework for Web interface and web services.

My Application development philosophy is simple and agile as follows:

• Gather Customers requirements, site URL's and graphical images
• Generate Mocked-up application layout
• Review layout with customer
  • Establish priorities of features to release schedule
• Develop Beta version
  • Review Beta with customer and field test
• Publish first version
  • Gather feedback
  • Start on next version
  • Schedule next release date
• Publish next version
• Continue development of all features

Please feel free to contact me regarding Android, Java or even RPGLE development, I would love to discuss these technologies with your or help you with your projects.