Traditionally
- Paper map
- Manual registration
- Paper answer sheet
- Manual score calculation
- Limited event overview
Archived project · 2019/2020
Events that began on the map
Noxmap was a web and mobile application prototype for preparing city games, orienteering events, educational trails and other activities using field checkpoints and participant interaction.
Organiser dashboard + participant app
Project origins
From a paper map to a digital event
Noxmap began with orienteering and outdoor games. Organisers of such events often register participants manually, print maps and answer sheets, check results and have limited contact with people in the field.
Noxmap was intended to bring these tasks together in one configurable system. The aim was not an application for one particular game, but a tool adaptable to many kinds of events.
The Noxmap concept
- Maps and points in one system
- Configurable form
- Electronic answers
- Automatic verification
- Event overview and report
One system, two perspectives
Two sides of one event
Organiser
In the web dashboard, an organiser prepared an event, configured maps, points, questions and forms, and could observe teams and review incoming answers during the game.
- Event creation
- Registration form
- Maps and points
- Area boundaries
- Participant observation
- SOS calls
- Reports
Participant
In the mobile application, a participant joined an event, used the prepared map and compass, visited checkpoints, answered questions and submitted an answer sheet.
- Joining with a code
- Nearby events
- Map and compass
- Checkpoint questions
- Location verification
- Boundary warnings
- Emergency contact and SOS
- Answer sheet
Event flow
How Noxmap worked
The prototype guided the organiser from configuration to summary, linking field preparation with the live event.
- 01
Event creation
The organiser defined its name, description, location, date, participation rules, team limits and available features.
- 02
Registration form
A custom questionnaire could specify which data was required from the entire team and from each participant.
- 03
Map, points and boundaries
The organiser added maps, checkpoints, questions and event areas, including the option to use a custom map graphic.
- 04
Live event overview
The dashboard made it possible to follow team statuses, last locations, answers and SOS notifications.
- 05
Final report
After the event, forms, answer sheets and verification results could be reviewed and exported as a report.
Prototype scope
Key features
The prototype covered map and checkpoint configuration, participant handling, live event monitoring and reporting.
Configurable maps
Support for base maps, custom graphics and multiple map layers.
Field checkpoints
Points with a description, question, correct answer, sequence and interaction radius.
Electronic answer sheet
Collecting individual or team answers without paper forms.
Location verification
The option to verify whether an answer was submitted near the correct point.
Event boundaries
Soft and hard areas designed to warn participants after leaving the designated terrain.
Live event overview
Team list, last locations, answers and events updated in the organiser dashboard.
Safety-supporting features
An emergency number, SOS call and area boundary warnings supported response in the field.
Registration forms
Configurable fields for participants and teams.
Reports
Registration data, answers and verification results with export to PDF and spreadsheet formats.
A flexible scenario
Example applications
Noxmap was designed as a configurable foundation for different kinds of field events.
City game
Orienteering walk or run
Educational trail
Museum or historical game
Trade fair activity
Convention or festival game
Tourism event
Outdoor team game
Historical gallery
A working prototype from 2020
The materials below show the real historical prototype interface. The screenshots do not represent a contemporary visual design or a currently available service.
Map and event schedule configuration
Web dashboard with a map, checkpoints and side panels.
Monitoring an event in progress
Team locations and answer sheet details.
Joining an event
Joining with a code and browsing nearby events.
Checkpoint question
Question, answer and distance-from-point message.
Answer sheet
List of visited checkpoints and answers.
Event report
Team data and report export view.
Historical architecture
Connecting the dashboard, server and app
The prototype consisted of a web dashboard for the organiser, a server with an API and real-time communication, and a mobile app for the participant. Event, map, point, answer and location data was synchronised between devices.
Organiser dashboard in the browser
HTTPS / SignalR
ASP.NET Core server
HTTPS / REST API
Participant mobile app + local SQLite database
Entity Framework Core
SQL database
Historical technologies
Prototype technology stack
The Noxmap prototype combined backend, web and mobile technologies with tools supporting the team's work.
01
Backend and data
- C#
- ASP.NET Core
- Entity Framework Core
- SignalR
- REST API
- SQL
02
Web dashboard
- Blazor WebAssembly
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Leaflet
- OpenStreetMap
03
Mobile application
- Xamarin.Forms
- MvvmCross
- Mapsui
- Xamarin.Essentials
- SQLite
04
Tools
- Git
- Swagger
- Postman
- DocFX
- Microsoft Azure
Student project
Team and awards
Noxmap was created during the 2019/2020 academic year as a project for the Team Programming course at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
- Academic year
- 2019/2020
- Course
- Team Programming
- Faculty
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, NCU
Team II
- Patryk KisielewskiTeam leader · backend developer
- Mateusz KamińskiTeam secretary · web application developer
- Tomasz DerekMobile application developer
- Adrian LicnerskiMobile application developer
- Tomasz RahnMobile application developer
- Jakub StudzińskiBackend developer
Team supervision
Damian KurpiewskiTeam supervisor · IPI PAN
2019/2020
Two awarded categories
In the competition for the best projects completed as part of the course, the jury awarded Noxmap in both categories below.
- Business PotentialFaculty award
- Social PotentialFaculty award
Project status
The project ended, the idea remains
Noxmap was created as a team university project and reached the stage of an extensive prototype. The application is not currently developed, maintained or made available to users. This website presents the original idea, functional scope and outcome of the work.
These materials are archival and presentational.