International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology

Print ISSN: 2395-6011 | Online ISSN: 2395-602X (www.ijsrst.com)

doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST2183164

Integrated College Bus Tracking System

J. Navya Sree , C. Mounika1, T. Mamatha1, B. Sreekanth1, N. Diwakar1, Noor Mohammed2
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1 B.TECH Students, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sanskrithi School of Engineering,
Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sanskrithi School of Engineering
Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

Article Info This paper proposes a smart application for College Bus Tracking System,
Volume 8, Issue 3 which runs on Android smart phone. This enables students to find out the
Page Number : 732-735 location of the bus so that they will not get late or will not arrive at the stop
too early. The main purpose of this application is to provide exact location of
Publication Issue the student’s respective buses and providing information like bus details etc.
May-June-2021 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
Article History system as the current location of the bus is updated every moment in the form
Accepted : 10 June 2021 of latitude and longitude, which is received by the students.
Published : 17 June 2021 Keywords : GPS, Tracking system.

I. INTRODUCTION radio frequency and developments on the internet

had given mobile phones more sophisticated but easy
The mobile phone industry is one of the fastest and to use in applications.
most dynamic business sectors today. The need to Mobile phones are now equipped with navigation
communicate efficiently and instantaneously is systems such as GPS or Global Position Satellite that
always an undying necessity. The market sector and aids travelers, tourists, adventurers and navigators on
the ever-growing and demanding consumers always getting the most accurate view on their present
want to have more, and they want it better than ever. location. Not only that, it also assists them in
Having a mobile phone for us makes life easier. searching for the nearest establishment that they
Communication is always a part of daily life, and we want to look for such as restaurants, hotels, malls,
cannot avoid it. The invention of mobile phone has bank, police station and other places of interests.
gone tremendous leaps in innovation and new
applications. Originally, it was intended to be a A vehicle tracking system is one of the most common
telephone that can be carried wirelessly at greater applications used for tracking vehicles which is also
distances. Advances in communications, upgrades in used to prevent vehicle from theft. Today Android

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Applications are very good source for tracking the Notification System M. S. Minu, Deepak Adithya K. N.
vehicles. It provides real time data on the movement In today economic and traffic condition no one can
of vehicles. Android phones are widely used for this predicts at what time and when the required
purpose because they have GPS device attached with transportation of a person can arrive .The aim of the
it. It acts as both transmitter as well as receiver. A paper work to provide a app which can be used for
vehicle tracking system combines the use of college students so that they can manage the time
automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with during all days usefully and get to their transport
software that collects these fleet data for a point at the right time and not lose the bus or any
comprehensive picture of vehicle locations. Modern other college transportation receive provided by the
vehicle tracking systems commonly use GPS for college.
locating the vehicle, but other types of automatic [3] Shubham Jain et al., "Application-based bus
vehicle location technology can also be used. Vehicle tracking system", 2019 International Conference on
information can be viewed on electronic maps via the Machine Learning, Big Cloud and Parallel Computing,
Internet. Urban public transit authorities are an 1416 Feb 2019.
increasingly common user of vehicle tracking systems, This paper is based on a bus tracking system, in which
particularly in large cities. a GPS Tracking application is used to track the bus.
The passengers are unaware of the information
II. LITERATURE REVIEW regarding bus timing and therefore waste their time
waiting for the bus on their particular route. GPS
[1] Priyanka V. Narkhedeal, "Bus Tracking System technology is user-oriented, to receive the navigating
based on Location-Aware Services", International instructions at any instant of time. Here, the location
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Engineering of the bus is received from the satellite and then with
Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, March 2018. the help of cellular networks, it is further processed
In day-to-day life, people travel from one place to and sent to the web-server. The coordinates received
another and most of the population use Bus as a are processed through Google Maps API. Google
medium to reach their destination. This paper mainly Maps API helps to collect data like latitudes and
focuses on the problem with the buses, that the longitudes, locations, etc.
passengers do not know the exact timing of the arrival The data received is processed in the user’s device, to
of buses. The location of the bus and routes taken by display the real-time information.
the buses could be easily tracked on a smartphone. [4] Sharmin Akter et al., "A Cloud- Based Bus
Global Positioning System and Google Maps are used Tracking System based on Internet of Things
for navigation. An application based on the android is Technology", 2019, 7th International Conference on
used, which includes information of all routes and bus Mechatronics.
details. The application is updated occasionally so that In this paper, a Cloud-based bus tracking system
all the changes in bus routes and timings are noted. based on IoT is proposed. The combination of cloud
The user could request for the location of the bus, and computing and the Internet of Things enables
the details stored in the database via a GPS device monitoring the bus services, which need to be stored,
fitted on the bus can be retrieved whenever needed. processed, and assessed. This paper proposed a mobile
[2] PAPER2.International Research journal of application, through which the mainly focuses on the
Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Sep Real Time problem with the buses, that the passengers do not
College Bus Monitoring and know the exact timing of the arrival of buses. The
location of the bus and routes taken by the buses

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could be easily tracked on a smartphone. Global

Positioning System and Google Maps are used for In day-to-day life, people travel from one place to
navigation. An application based on the android is another and most of the population use Bus as a
used, which includes information of all routes and bus medium to reach their destination. This paper
details. The application is updated occasionally so that
all the changes in bus routes and timings are noted. IV. ANDROID APP FOR MOBILE USER MODULES
The user could merely request for the location of the 1.Driver 2.Student 3.Admin
bus, and the details stored in the database via a GPS Driver Module: This module is designed for the bus
device fitted on the bus can be retrieved whenever driver. The authorized bus drivers can use this
needed. module by providing their unique login credentials.
III. PROPOSED SYSTEM They need to start their location services before
The proposed system provides the exact location of driving. The current location of the bus will
our college bus to the students and staff from their automatically be updated from the driver’s mobile to
location through mobile application. In this project to the server every moment.
receive the signal from the satellite, the driver should Admin Module: This module is designed for the bus
turn on the GPS in his Android smartphone. The administrator for updating the information. Admin
device receives the GPS data and sends the latitude can log in to the admin account after authentication
and longitude values of the location of the bus to the and authorization. He can add the driver, buses and
server at regular intervals. students.
ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM Student Module: This is the most important module
-Makes students to avoid unexpected delays. and the soul of the system. Users of this module need
-Real time monitoring of college buses. to click on the student login. They can access the
details of all the buses through their smartphones.
ARCHITECTURE OF PROPOSED SYSTEM Here, they will get all the buses information. Students
can track the location of their buses from any location.
Authorized person passengers can track the location A student must make sure that their location service
of the bus and estimate the arrival time of the bus. It is active.
is also provided with the nearest stoppage from the SNAPSHOTS
current location. Therefore, passengers with no worry Login page
can utilize their waiting time by choosing the nearest
route. V. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE
[5] Priyanka V. Narkhede et al., "Bus Tracking System
based on Location-Aware Services", International In this project we designed and developed a real time
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Engineering bus tracking system using Android studio. In this
Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, March 2018. project we try to save the time of the students mainly
who uses the college transportation service and we
GPS SIGNAL also tend to help them with easy and tension
GPS sends position data to server mornings for a bright and peaceful day. This
application does not need any external hardware
SERVER except a smartphone which is available to all the
students. So, the overall cost is very low or no cost
REQUEST BUS ARRIVAL needed for tracking the bus location. It provides

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for the user to track the buses. Mohd Helmy Abd Wahab, “Real-time Bus
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The proposed system can further be enhanced by Conference on Wireless Sensors (ICWiSe), 2016.
making use of it in college bus tracking systems and
also to report accidents and help in traffic monitoring.
It can also be made compatible with IOS and Cite this article as :
Windows OS supporting systems.
J. Navya Sree, C. Mounika1, T. Mamatha, B.
Sreekanth, N. Diwakar1, Noor Mohammed,
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