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UTM Computing Proceedings

Innovation in Computing Technology and Applications
Volume: 2| Year: 2017 |ISBN: 978-967-0194-95-0

Mobile Weather Alert Application Using Weather Application

Programming Interface (API)

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MOHAMAD AMINATAH JALIL, ASSOC. PROF. WAN MOHD NASIR WAN KADIR

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Department Software Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81310 Johor Bharu, Johor, Malaysia
[email protected], [email protected]

Abstract. Nowadays, weather prediction is easier due to the available technologies. However,
weather information is not widely accessible especially in a customized form. Thus, many people
become unprepared when bad weather happens. The aim of this project is to help the people be
alert with weather situation around them especially bad weather that might be coming to disaster.
Mobile Weather Alert Application Using Application Programming Interface (API) is a mobile
application that will notify and give an alert to the user. The system will alert the user based on the
data that provided from weather API. Furthermore, this system will develop using the agile
methodology since it is easier to develop this kind of system. This methodology will help the
developer to create quality and more efficient product. Finally, this system that will develop is,
hope can help many people out there to become more aware and alert about the weather so that
can avoid from bad thing happen.

Keywords: Weather, Alert Notification, API

1 INTRODUCTION

Because of the lack of information and alert about the weathers, many people do not know the danger
about it that may cause serious problem. Not alert with the current weather situation may become one of the
factors that many people could not avoid the natural disaster may approach them.

With this mobile application, the people to receive an alert about the current weather related disaster
situation in their place by implementing the GPS system and also can read the information about weathers or
disaster that happened around them. This application will use weather API that enables to access the data about the
weather from around the world and also can access the data from the weather station to provide the information to
the users. The widget will provide the notification to the user about the all-day weather information and the widget
will update real-time.
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2 Problem Statement

It is difficult to know the current weather situation just by looking in the sky. Some of the mobile
applications just show the weather status and not know what will happen after that. In order to overcome this
problem, Mobile Weather Alert Application is the most suitable solution to solve this problem. Objectives of this
project is as stated below:

i. To develop an application that may notify the subscribers (or public) about the risk of natural disaster
based on weather information.
ii. To provide the real-time information about the current weathers.
iii. To test Mobile Weather Alert Application based on the selected application scenarios.

3 Methodology

Agile methodology is chosen after research and comparison with other methodology. Using scrum to show
the agile methodology into develop this application. Thus, it is easy to develop the application with a dynamic
requirement or any features that need to add or remove from the application by iteration. Besides, by using the agile
methodology, it provides opportunities to assess the direction throughout the development lifecycle and reduce the
development cost and time.

4 Result

The Table 1 below shows the comparisons for each of the existing system. Figure 1 shows the use case
diagram of the mobile application system. Figure 2 shows the user interface of the application.
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Table 1 Comparison between existing systems

Name of User Interface Platform Programming Third Party

System/Application Language Contribution

First Alert Weather Mobile-based Android Java GPS

application

The Weather Channel Mobile-based Web Browser, Java, HTML, GPS, Weather API
application and Android and IOS JavaScript
Web-based
application

NWS Weather Alert Mobile-based Android Java Weather API

application

Pro Weather Alert Mobile-based Android Java GPS, Information

application provide from
National Weather
Service (NWS)

Weather XL PRO Mobile-based Android Java Google Maps,

application Weather API
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Figure 1 Use Case for Mobile Weather Alert Application

Figure 3 User Interface for Mobile Weather Alert Application

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5 Discussion

The Objectives of this project are as stated below are to help user to alert more about the weather around
them by receiving the alert notification, to provide a mobile application for the user easy to planning their daily life
by display the real-time information about the weather, and to test the developed mobile application based on the
selected application scenarios.
The first objective is achieved when the system may be able to send the alert notification to the user.
Secondly, the information objective is met when the real-time information is providing and display to the user is
happening. The last objective is met when the system is done and testing using black box method is done.

6 Conclusion

The main outcome and achievement of this project is to achieve all the objectives. Therefore, Mobile
Weather Alert Application is developed as mobile based system to help user alert about the current weather situation
with will be easier and faster. This mobile application will alert user based on the information provided by the
weather application programming interface (API).

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