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Vehicle Tracking System Using GPS and SMS
2.6 IntelliTrac X1 Wizard
The IntelliTrac X1 Wizard is the software used to program the X1 to send SMS of the
coordinates of the vehicle’s location at specified intervals to the GSM modem (Q24). It
records the latitude, longitude, satellite strength, timestamp, heading, altitude, ReportID,
input and output at the specific location, coverts and compresses into an SMS and sends it.
The IntelliTrac X1 Wizard enables you to program the X1 to send SMS at different time or
distance intervals depending on the user’s needs.
2.7 No-IP
No-IP is a Dynamic DNS (Domain Name Service) provider for free services. Dynamic DNS is
a technology that allows the user to update the IP address of a domain in real time. It is
capable of notifying a domain name server to change for networked devices such as routers
or computer systems using the Internet Protocol Suite. The active DNS configuration of its
configured hostnames, addresses or other information are stored in DNS in real time. A
popular Dynamic DNS application is that it provides a residential user’s Internet gateway
that has a variable often changing IP address with a well known hostname resolvable by
network applications through standard DNS queries [8]. No-IP’s Dynamic DNS applications
allow the user to remotely connect to their computer from work and also run a personal
website. Once signed up to the No-IP free service at http://www.no-ip.com , it allows the
user to create a domain to use instead of a hard to remember IP address or URL.
Additionally it also uses a dynamic update client to keep track of the user’s dynamic IP
address. Hence the user will always be able to get to their computer even if the user’s IP
address is dynamically assigned [9]. In this project No-IP is used to host the PHP pages and
the real time updating Microsoft Access databases in the control center into the World Wide
Web.
2.8 Google Maps API
Google Maps is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google
that powers many map-based Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded
maps on third party websites via Google Maps API (Application Programming Interface). An
API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of routines and/or protocols provided by
libraries and/or operating system services in order to support the building of the
applications. Google Maps offers street maps, a route planner, and an urban business
locator for numerous countries worldwide. Google Earth is a stand-alone program for
Microsoft Windows and other Operating Systems which is more sophisticated and offers
more globe-viewing features. Google created the Google Maps API to facilitate web
developers to integrate Google Maps into their websites with their own data points. It
embeds Google Maps into your website with Java Script and is currently free of charge. The
Google Maps API provides a vast number of utilities for manipulating maps, just like in the
Google Maps website http://maps.google.com and adds content to the map through a
variety of services. In order to use the Google Maps API, you first need to sign up for an API
key on http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html which will then allow you to develop
the map application on your website [1][10].
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