A Review on Bus Tracker via GPS using Android Application

Android is becoming very popular in embedded market for two main reasons. First, it is software; moreover, there are no royalty fees for java VM (virtual machine). Second deriving from the first, android is highly suitable for expansion as the developer sees fit. Being Computer Science Engineering Users ourselves, we have been mo to develop this project for the benefit of the people masses, by the idea of providing an easier means of accessing various web resources related to the bus, thus providing them with a better, richer experience of travelling. Further, the recent advent and popularity of android technology motivates us to create an android application for the same.


INTRODUCTION
Our project is an application for smart phones that supports android operating system. It uses the GPS function, available in most of smart phones today, to pin point current location fairly accurate. The whole project is revolving around the tracking of public transport (i.e. ST Buses).
In this project we have three modules i.e. Bus driver, customer & firebase database. As the name suggested Driver module is for the drivers. The driver will login through this module and after login it will insert the details of route. The whole details with the driver's location are stored in the firebase database. The location co ordinates will continuously storing in data base. @ IJTSRD | Available Online @ www.ijtsrd.com | Volume -2 | Issue -3 | Mar-Apr 2018 Our project is an application for smart phones that system. It uses the GPS function, available in most of smart phones today, to pin point current location fairly accurate. The whole project is revolving around the tracking of public In this project we have three modules i.e. Bus driver, customer & firebase database. As the name suggested Driver module is for the drivers. The driver will login through this module and after login it will insert the th the driver's location are stored in the firebase database. The location co ordinates will continuously storing in data The next module is customer module, in this module the customer have to sign up and then login themselves. After login the user which is required for search the bus location, like sources address destination address. These details will used to search a current appropriate bus location. Here the role of third module plays important role. The whole database is manages here and serve for the use. The co ordinates of bus current location is continuously storing in database and serve it were its required.
As we discuss above our project is based on Global Positioning System (GPS) & compose ofclient interface. At client side we have Android Application. At server side we are using Fire base database provided by Google for storing information. GPS system is use to track the real time location of the vehicle. In the early developed applications or in existing systems for vehicle tracking it consist of GPS and web server such as SQL for showing location on Google Maps. In our proposed system we are providing location to the user who requested for it or the user which has an account in our application. In our project we have used firebase because if there is no internet connectivity is available the firebase stores the data locally and then stores it into the database.

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PROJECT The next module is customer module, in this module the customer have to sign up and then login themselves. After login the user have to fill detail which is required for search the bus location, like sources address destination address. These details will used to search a current appropriate bus location. Here the role of third module plays important role. The nages here and serve for the use. The co ordinates of bus current location is continuously storing in database and serve it were its As we discuss above our project is based on Global Positioning System (GPS) & compose ofclient-server At client side we have Android Application. At server side we are using Fire base database provided by Google for storing information. GPS system is use to track the real time location of the vehicle. In the early developed applications or in ems for vehicle tracking it consist of GPS and web server such as SQL for showing location on Google Maps. In our proposed system we are providing location to the user who requested for it or the user which has an account in our application. In we have used firebase because if there is no internet connectivity is available the firebase stores the data locally and then stores it into the database.

Registration
In this module user will create a user account and fill details (i.e. date of birth, gender, name). Similarly, for the registration of Driver the department will provide unique Driver ID and Password to the Driver so that it can access further modules. Without registration users/driver cannot be able to access the further application.

Login & Map
This module depicts the process of selection of bus number and presenting the current location of the bus. User having their User ID and Password through which they can login and access this module. In this module after the successful login the user have to enter the detail of journey i.e. source and destination address. After entering proper details the map will be shown. In this map the real time location of the bus will be displayed.
Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google. It offer satellite imagery, street maps,360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for travelling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation. Google Maps provides a route planner, allowing users to find available directions through driving, public transportation, walking, or biking. The Google Maps apps on Android and IOS have many features in common, including turn-by-turn navigation, street view, and public transit information. Updates in June 2012 and May 2011 enabled functionality to let users save certain map regions for offline access, while updates in 2017 have included features to actively help U.S. users find available parking spots in cities, and to give Indian users a twowheeler transportation mode for improved traffic accessibility.

Firebase
In this module; application is using Google-API'S to show the map. Location co ordinates will be sending to and retrieve from firebase after every 5 seconds.
Firebase provides a realtime database and backend service. Firebase is a free database provided by Google. The services provide application developer an API that allows application data to be synchronized across clients and stored on firebase database. Data is stored in database tab of Firebase console.
There is a database console which is used to store data in tree like structure (i.e the concept of root node and leaf node.). There is another console in Firebase database known as Authentication console. This console is used to provide authentication, It maintain the table in which the user id, password, unique key and other forms data is stored.

III. IMPLIMENTATION
The proposed system highlights on the GPS Location for users about current position of state transport vehicle. Location-Based service is another key functionality that is used in Smartphone applications. It is often combined with maps to give a good experience to the user about their location. By the time when device changes its location it will fetch the co-ordinates and sends these co-ordinates to the Server. These co-ordinates are in terms of longitude and Latitude. b. Graphical-Map: This module displays Graphical Map of Real-time location of bus. When the application is running at Driver side it will fetch co-ordinates of device; further Driver application will send these co-ordinates to Server. Then Application locates these co-ordinates in Graphical Map by having markers on it.

IV. CONCLUSION
By using GPS enabled Android device in every bus we can Track each and every bus from central location. Thus, reduces the traffic problems and leads to the better work. This project reduces the risk of losing signals by the time of bad weather as compared with GPS receiver hardware device. The GPS service will help to take the guess work Out of bus arrival at the stop. Project was great opportunity for us to learn and work in the Android environment. Considering the features of project such as Bus Locator, Graphical Map. We hope that our application will play an important role.