Real-time vehicle tracking system

Abstract

Vehicle tracking system is a well-established technology in this era which is used by fleet system and owner of vehicle all over the world. It is a very safe and reliable technology. In our thesis we are going to design a system which is used for tracking and positioning of any vehicle by using Global Positioning System [GPS] and Global System for Mobile Communication [GSM]. We will be primarily focusing on tracking a Solar Assisted Rickshaw Van using Arduino Uno R3 and GSM module sim908. The design is an embedded application, which will continuously monitor a moving vehicle and report the status of vehicle on demand. For doing so the Arduino Uno R3 is interfaced serially to a GSM modem and GPS receiver. The GSM modem is used to continuously send the position of the vehicle from remote place. The GPS modem that uses satellite technology for its navigation system will continuously give data like longitude, latitude, speed , distance travelled etc. When the request by user is sent to the number at the modem in the form of SMS, the system automatically sends a return reply to the mobile indicating the position of the vehicle in terms of latitude and longitude via SMS. We will also view the position of vehicle on a digital mapping i.e. on Google map with the help of software via Internet. For this we will be using the software XAMPP and Google Map API. XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web server solution stack package consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database and interpreters for scripts is written in PHP and Perl programming languages. The Google Maps API allow for the embedding of Google Maps onto web pages using a JavaScript interface which is designed to work on desktop browser application. The MySQL database is used to store all the data of the GPS and Google Map API is used display the location information through a Google Map. We will also be able to control the vehicle if it is stolen.