Abstract
The study is aimed to create an application that can assist users in finding information about tourism places in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. West Nusa Tenggara is one of the provinces in Indonesia and one of the second tourists’ destinations after Bali. It is a small Sunda Island which consists of two large islands located in the west of Lombok and Sumbawa that located in the east to the capital of Mataram on the island of Lombok. The area of West Nusa Tenggara province is 19,708.79 km2. The application provides information such as descriptions of sights, tourism spot address, photo galleries, and the available facilities and the closest track to where the tourism spot is by using Google maps. Google maps can display map locations and closest routes from the user's position to the tourism place. Determination of the position of the user and position of Tourism sites using GPS (Global Positioning System). This application is made by using the Java programming language for Android with Eclipse 4.2.1 IDE that can be used on the Smartphone device based on Android. The result of the research is the creation of location-based services applications to search a place of Tourism in West Nusa Tenggara province so as to help tourists visiting the West Nusa Tenggara. The benefit of this application is that to determine the path in finding the tourism places.
Highlights
West Nusa Tenggara Province is one of the provinces in Indonesia
West Nusa Tenggara Province consists of two large islands situated in the west of Lombok and Sumbawa are located in the east
West Nusa Tenggara has a Strategic Area Regional Tourism (Indonesian: KSPD) both located on the island of Lombok and Sumbawa islands
Summary
West Nusa Tenggara Province is one of the provinces in Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands. In an effort to increase local tourism, the government of West Nusa Tenggara through the Department of Tourism to develop two programs: Visit Lombok-Sumbawa 2015 and Tambora Greet the World. The tourists who visit West Nusa Tenggara used Smartphone to search for information of tourist sites. To facilitate the tourists to get valid information about West Nusa Tenggara tourism with a closest track to the tourist sites, it is necessary to have a searching application and the location track of the tourist spots. Benefit from the application of this Smartphone is the closest in terms of determining the path articulated in this study That, this application can display a map that can assist travelers in finding the shortest route to the location that will be addressed through the Google Maps APIs
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