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\section{Introduction}   This project focused on the development of the Google Earth Phidget controller. This involved deciding "Are We There Yet?" is an educational game  which Phidget hardware would be required for tasks users with finding  the project to be carried out, development locations  of cities across  the software to globe. The game makes  use with of  the Phidget to interact with Google Earth, accelerometer  and rotational vector sensors on android phones, allowing  the creation of user to control  the prototype device layout. game completely via movement and rotation.  We decided upon developing a contoller for used the  Google Earth Maps API  as our mapping engine. This provides a powerful framework already in place without taking up too much memory, which was  the software is incredibly powerful, yet lacks any feeling problem with earlier versions  offeedback to  the user. By game  using Phidgets, we could provide the element our own map image.  The aim  offeedback and physical interaction with  the system game is  to navigate an icon representing  the user. To do this player within  a number of different Phidgets and sensors were used including circular touch phidgets, sliders and RFID sensors amongst others. These specific phidgets were chosen as they allow optimal usage circle around the destination city. The user can tilt the phone forwards  and feedback of backwards to control  the major features speed  of the software without being difficult to use. icon.  The sensors chosen also make logical sense for their respective operations and were therefore implemented direction of motion is determined by the direction the player is pointing the phone. For instance, if the phone is pointed north, the direction of motion will be  in the end product. north-south vector. Upon finding the destination city, the destination will be updated randomly from a list within a text file.