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Introduction

Basic Concept The University of the Witwatersrand's marketing department has asked us to create a mobile application which will allow the user to select on a map where they would like to go and from their current position to their destination, then it will calculate the shortest path and display it to the user.

Hurdles

There are many hidden nuances involved in such an application. The main problem is converting raw GPS coordinates into image coordinates on the respective map, then mapping where the user currently is and drawing a pathway for them to follow which is then updated as they move along. Another is how do we enable input of new maps, locations (with GPS) and location information with pictures.

About the database script

if your using phpMyAdmin for your database things, you can simply import the script to phpMyAdmin and it will create the database and the tables in it, it should also include the relations in the tablse