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Finding your way around campus just got a little easier with the launch of CellMap, a web-based cell phone map service developed by three UVic alumni.
In September, CellMap began an eight-month pilot project to deliver the UVic campus map to visitors’ cell phones. Users can view the campus map via a cell phone web browser, or download the map as an interactive application.
“This pilot is a win-win situation for us and for UVic,” CellMap co-founder Aaron Hilton says. “While students have access to a great new campus way-finding tool, the feedback we’re getting is also helping us fine-tune and improve our service. We look forward to making CellMap the best way to navigate around campus.”
The CellMap suite of software and service is the first of its kind in Canada, and UVic is the first Canadian university campus to offer a mobile navigation solution. So far the response has been positive, with a number of students and others using the map on a regular basis.
The idea for the CellMap project came to Hilton as a student, when he needed directions to a class that was just about to begin. He began developing the software and business idea in a directed study course, and graduated from UVic in 2007 with a Bachelor of Computer Science.
CellMap co-founder Wayne Choi finished his studies in 2004 with a BEng from the UVic Computer Engineering program. A third co-founder, Nonie Dalton, is also a UVic alumnus.
To try out CellMap, visit www.cellmap.ca and follow the download instructions. Although CellMap is free to download, data charges from your wireless service provider may apply.
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