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International Journal Of Engineering And Computer Science ISSN: 2319-7242
Volume 6 Issue 2 Feb. 2017, Page No. 20281-20284
Index Copernicus Value (2015): 58.10, DOI: 10.18535/ijecs/v6i2.22

Real Time College Bus Tracking Application for Android Smartphone

Supriya Sinha1, Pooja Sahu2, Monika Zade3, Roshni Jambhulkar4, Prof. Shrikant V. Sonekar5
1, 2, 3 & 4
Final Year Students of Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
JD College of Engineering & Management, Maharashtra, India
[email protected] 1, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
5
Head of the Department, Computer Science & Engineering,
JD College of Engineering & Management, Maharashtra, India
[email protected]
Abstract: This paper proposes a Real-Time College Bus Tracking Application which runs on Android smart phones. This enables students
to find out the location of the bus so that they won’t get late or won’t arrive at the stop too early. The main purpose of this application is to
provide exact location of the student’s respective buses in Google Maps besides providing information like bus details, driver details, stops,
contact number, routes, etc. This application may be widely used by the college students since Android smart phones have become common
and affordable for all. It is a real time system as the current location of the bus is updated every moment in the form of latitude and
longitude which is received by the students through their application on Google maps. The application also estimates the time required to
reach a particular stop on its route. The application uses client-server technology
Keywords: GPS, Google Maps, JVM.
attached with every bus. It uses external hardware set-up for its
1. Introduction implementation.
Android has become very popular in the world since it is an
open source and there are no extra fees for Java Virtual
3. Android
Machine (JVM). In today‟s world, the time is more important Android is an open source and Linux based operating system
for students. Being a product of high technology, mobile for smart phones, tablet computers and android wearable
phones are more widely used and are becoming more and more devices like watches. It is developed by Google and later the
popular. A vehicle tracking system is a commonly used OHA (Open Handset Alliance. The main focus of android
application for tracking vehicles. Due to traffic congestion and project is to create a fruitful real-world product that enhances
road works, most of the buses are delayed. People have to wait the mobile experience for users. [11]
for their bus at the bus stops for a long time without even The important features of android are given below:
knowing when the bus will arrive. Thus, the arrival time of the
bus cannot be guaranteed. The main focus of the project is to  Open Source
save the waiting time of students and provide them the details  Easy to customize the Android Platform.
of the bus.  A lot of mobile applications can be chosen by the
customer.
2. Literature Survey  Provides many appealing features like weather details,
opening screen, live RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
Dynamic Bus Time-table Using GPS [1] is a GPS based and feeds etc.
manual system designed to display the real-time location and  Provides support for messaging services(SMS and
timetable of buses which can be useful for any public transport MMS), web browser, storage (SQLite), connectivity
system. The system requires working internet connection and (GSM, CDMA, Blue Tooth, Wi-Fi etc.), media, handset
may or may not be GPS tracker. layout etc.
Bus Locator via SMS using Android Application [2] uploads
the current location of the bus to the server. The server then
sends an SMS to all the registered students those are about to
4. Proposed System
board at the bus stop. Here the driver‟s mobile phone is used as The proposed system provides the exact location of the bus to
a GPS receiver. It is a tiresome process where the details of all the students and staffs from their location. Along with this, it
the students are to be kept and updated time to time. The server also provides the following features:
is overloaded every now and then to get details of student at
every stop.  Details like Bus Number, Driver‟s Contact Number, Bus
Real time Bus Monitoring System using GPS [3] displays the Route, Stops, etc.
current locations of the bus. The system consisted of a  Authentication for Admin, Driver, Registered College
transmitter installed on the buses and receiver boards installed Students and college staffs.
on the bus stops. It provided the relevant bus routes and other  Admin has the facility to send SMS to intended driver
information their clients. and students in case of emergency.
Real Time Web Based Bus Tracking System [9] provides the  If the driver is not in network area , still the system will
relevant information regarding all the bus going from user‟s update the location of the bus to the students and staffs
source to destination. The system is operated by GPS which is by using average speed of bus and the fixed route

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5. System Description

5.1 System Architecture

There are three modules in our application:

1. Administration
2. Driver
3. Bus Information

Figure 1: System Architecture Figure 2: Flow Diagram for Administration Module

When Administrator enters into the Administration module,
5.2 Modules Description following screen will be provided for him to enter login
credentials.
1) Administration:

This module is for the bus administrator for updating the

information that is there in the server when required. It includes
authority to update Driver name, Driver Contact Number,
Route, Stops, etc. The administrator needs to log in before
editing or updating details. Only administrator is the authorized
user of this module. The administrator has been given a
privilege of sending text messages to bus drivers and to the
students of a particular route. It won‟t be charged to the
administrator provided that his internet connection is in
enabled mode. We are using way2sms services to accomplish
this.
The following figure shows the flow of this module.

Figure 3: Administration Login Page

2) Driver:

This module is for the bus driver. The authorized bus drivers
are provided with their unique log in credentials. They need to
log in and then have to start their location service before
driving. The current location of the bus will be updated from
driver‟s mobile to the server every moment in the form of

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latitude and longitude. The location of the bus is visible in them to manage their time and arrive at their stop at the proper
Google Maps when asked for. time, neither too early nor late.
The following figure shows the flow of this module. The following figure shows the flow of this module.

Figure 4: Flow Diagram for Driver Module

When Driver enters into the Driver module, following screen Figure 6: Flow Diagram for Bus Information Module
will be provided for him to enter login credentials. When Student or Staff enters into this module, they need to
enter their credentials and after successful log in they will get
the following screen to view bus details.

Figure 5: Driver Login Page

3) Bus Information: Figure 7: List of available bus routes

This is the most important module and is the whole and soul of
the system. The users of this module need to log in with their 6. Future Enhancement
unique ID provided by the college management. They can get
The following features can be added up as future
access to the details of all the buses of college through their
enhancements:
phones. Here they will get all bus and driver related
 A feature can be added for parents, where they could be
information offline too. Students can track the location of their
given a privilege of receiving a text message that their
bus from any location. Student and staff must make sure that
ward had board the bus safely as soon as they get into the
their location service is active. The can also get the estimated
bus.
time of arrival of bus at their respective stops. This will help

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Acknowledgement
We would like to express our intense honor and deep regard to
our project guide Prof. Shrikant V. Sonekar for his guidance
and constant encouragement for carrying out the project.
Working under him was a great experience for us. He kept us
going, and this would not have been possible without him.

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