Tourist Guiding design based on iPad

Abstract: Context: This paper aims to draw out a design of travel software (named ‘ tourist guiding’) with perfect function and well interactive, which can be performed on the platform of ipad. This design contains four main steps: the first step is carried out with the concept of user-center  design. In order to analysis the user requirements, interviews and questionnaire are conducted to collect the user data; the second step is based on the former research and then draw out the main structure  and tasks of our design; the third step is the detail design of the "Tourist guiding”; the fourth step is evaluation and modification. Usability test is conducted in this stage. After the evaluation of the testing result, some modification and promotion work is done to promote  the “Tourist guiding”. Goals: By doing this to display the advantages of ipad platform, and try to use ipad to replace the role of laptop during traveling. The “Tourist guiding” with unique operation method, it is very different with the other traveling software in the current market. The “Tourist guiding” with the powerful function, which includes almost all of the functions that travelers needed when planning a trip, as well as during the trip, e.g navigation, plan making. Meanwhile, it also simplified the operation method at the most degree.