BUS TRACKING SYSTEM USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) ON ANDROID SMART PHONES

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Abstract- The bus tracking system plays a vital role in the current technology because of its various applications.

Because of population explosion and unusual and unexpected conditions on the road, there is a need for efficient public transportation system. Also, everyday problems such as traffic congestion, unexpected delays, randomness in passenger demand, irregular vehicle dispatching time take place and because of which the schedule of passengers are affected and they inevitably have to wait for their respective bus. This passenger inconvenience can be avoided by introducing a system which provides real time information about the location and estimated time of arrival of the buses. So we propose a new system which solves the drawback of the current public transportation system. Our system handles all the data like current location of the bus and management of buses. It provides the current location of a bus on Google maps to the remote user using a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. An Android device will transmit the location to the Web server.  From here the Android application will retrieve the data and display the real - time information of the bus. This application can be widely used by the public since Android smart phones have become common and affordable for all. The real time bus tracking system is a system designed to display the real-time locations of the bus. It is cost- effective and also eco-friendly as it helps to conserve the natural resources like petroleum.

keywords-Bus Tracking System (BTS), Real time information, GPS, Google map, Web Server.