One of my Uni projects was to make an app that allowed the user to be able to see their location and the International Space Station (ISS) location plotted on a map, which should regularly update their positions.

The app was to have the following features:

• ISS Latitude and Longitude
• Timestamp that the data was gathered
• User Latitude and Longitude
• The distance between the user and the ISS
• What time the ISS will pass the user and for how long
• User location in a written format

To achieve these critera, I needed to use the Google Maps API, as well as make calls to the Open Notify ISS Current Location and ISS Pass Times APIs. I also needed to use GeoCoder, to be able to convert the Latitude and Longitude to a Street Name and Suburb, and a JSON Reciever to be able to use the API responses.

I implemented an additional scrolling feature, which used the device accelerometer to be able to pan around the map, which could be easilly disabled or enabled via the 'Scoll Map' switch.