On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Manokaran K <manokaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Arun Venkataswamy <arun289@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Manokaran K <manokaran@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
resolution
Interesting idea. A system that uses an RFID sensor installed in busand
shelters can sense the arrival of buses (fitted with RFID transmitters)
appropriately update its bus location database. But I think it would be
much
more complex and the location information will be of a lesser
betweenthan a GPS!RFIDs are generically very shot range. For it to cover the distance
the bus and the bus shelter (especially considering the drivers stoppingcostlier
the
bus at will) you might require some exotic variant which might be
than a GPS+GPRS solution. Effectively a smart phone with GPS is enough to
act the server in the bus.
I think even in Chennai, some buses have been fitted with a GPS+GPRS system
that will inform a server its locations. The project idea is to have a
communication system in place in bus shelters which commuters can connect
to
and query the system.
mano