Design and implementation of the lost and found web application

Abstract

Recovering lost items is so common that in places such as cities in Finland there are offices that are responsible for recovering and keeping such items for their rightful owners to collect them. However, recovering such items is not as straight forward as it seems. A visit to one of those offices shows that a lot of items have been left there without being collected. It is believed that if the owners of such items had an easier way of recovering those items, they would do so. This thesis presents the design and implementation of a better and easier solution for such a case. At the same time, this project does not eliminate the former method but presents an easier solution. The lost and found web application presents a system that enables users to notify authorities of their missing items and be assured that as soon as their items has been found, they would be notified, as against calling and / or visiting the offices to check. This thesis presents a detailed description of the problem and how the application solves it. The implementation details and the tools used are also described. Finally, the results of the project are presented.