@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12777, title = {Development of Optimized User Interface of Public Transit Navigator for a Smartphone}, author = {Masahiro Taketa and Masaki Ito and Takao Kawamura and Kazunori Sugahara}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {We develop a new interface for Bus-Net which is optimized for a smartphone. We are continuing to develop the shortest path planning system of public transportation called "Bus-Net" in Tottori prefecture as web application to improve the usability of public transportation. Recent trend of computing platform, however has shifted to an advanced mobile device called a smartphone such as iPhone and Android in Japan. A smartphone has different characters with existing feature phone in terms of OS, large touche panel, and several other features. We derive a guideline to design the new interface for a smartphone to full use of the functionality. The guideline is about simplicity of user-s operation, location awareness and usability. We developed the new interface for “Bus-Net" on iPhone referring to the guideline. Due to the evaluation, the application interface we developed is better than the existing web-based interface in terms of the usability.}, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {5}, number = {11}, year = {2011}, pages = {1342 - 1346}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12777}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/59}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 59, 2011}, }