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Vehicle Tracking System Using GPS and SMS
5.2 Practical Implementations
The Online Vehicle Tracking System can be used in many places like buses, taxis and other
transporting companies. The following are a few scenarios where the Vehicle Tracking
System can be really helpful.
• Fleet Management: When managing a fleet of vehicles, with the ability of finding the
real-time location of all drivers would allow the management to meet the customer
need in a more effective manner. Drivers would only need an internet connection to
track and dispatch the vehicle e.g. Boss said, "I want to know which lorry is closest
to the pick-up point so that I can call that nearest lorry to pick-up the goods”.
• Asset Tracking: If a company needs to track valuable assets for monitoring and other
purposes, it could closely monitor its movement and status on the map.
• Field Service Management: Companies with a service workforce for services must be
able to plan the workers’ time, scheduled subsequent customer visits and be able to
operate efficiently. With vehicle tracking, it allows the companies to quickly locate a
field engineer and dispatch the closest one to meet a new customer request.
5.3 Future Development
The potential of this project can be further explores and improved to its functionality and
features. The GSM can also send SMS, but this hasn’t been used in this project. This can
open doors to lot improvements for the Vehicle Tracking System in the commercial world. A
program can be made where an SMS can be sent from the control center to driver’s mobile
phone giving him the location of his next destination. An Immobilizer could be connected to
the X1 which can be programmed to function through SMS where the control center could
trigger the immobilizer if the driver is violating orders such as speeding or going out of
track.
The IntelliTrac X1 has an RF (Radio Frequency) reader output which can be implemented in
a school bus for example. In this case, each student would have their own RFID cards and
once a student enters the bus the student’s details can be recorded along with the GPS
location when the student entered and left. The control center can monitor the student’s
attendance and where they entered and left the bus.
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