Real-Time Online Vehicle Tracking Using Google Map GPS Cell Phone Tracker

Real-Time Online Vehicle Tracking Using Google Map GPS Cell Phone Tracker

Neda MasoudIkechukwu Azogu

Advisor: Professor Marguerite ZarrilloUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Spring 2010

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• Two fleet of vehicles:1. NBCA: New Bedford Council of Aging

The NBCA provides transportation to local Senior Citizens to various locations in the New Bedford area. Felice Monteiro (COA Coordinator) is our lead contact.

2. CCAV: Community Care-A-Vans The CCAV provides transportation to various people of need and operates a

scheduled line of set locations. They operate at a 50 mile radius from Taunton. Brian Foss (Chief Operating Officer) is our lead contact.

• Project Goal:1. To create an inexpensive tracking program 2. to make better decisions on the fly such as scheduling and planning

3. a first step in improving the organizations efficiency

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1. a GPS cell phone that has a data plan and is programmable and a carrier that support GPS– Sprint/Nextel – Motorola i355 phone

2. a web server running PHP and the MySQLi.dll extension– An API key from Google Maps for the website– Apache as web server

3. MySQL 5.0 or higher

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DSS SERVER

MYSQL DATABAS

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INTERNET CLOUD

SPRINT/NEXTEL DATA SERVICE

GOOGLE MAPS SERVICE

APACHE WEB SERVICE WITH PHP

MAP VIEWER WEB PAGE

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• Had meetings with the 2 organizations• Creating log-in pages for DSS for each organization• Buying the cell-phone and the data plan• Got two API keys from Google Maps• Established the databases on the lab computer and datacenter• Used our API key to display some already existing sample data on the Google Maps• Installing the software on the cell-phone emulator and the cell-phone

Still have to:• Perform a test run• Expand the work

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Thanks for your attention!

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