Hi Geetha It will show actual distance irrespective of route taken. It is not tracking a route. Change of fare does not happen so often and would get announced. This is just a helping tool.
Harish Kotian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] 'Tuk Tuk meter' app to calculate auto fares launched... > Wonder how the app will take into account detours due to roads that turn > one-way overnight and an increase in the meter fare due to traffic jams. If > anything, this can only result in more disputes between auto drivers and > passengers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kotian, H P" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:18 PM > Subject: [AI] 'Tuk Tuk meter' app to calculate auto fares launched... > > > Hello > This posting did not make to the list hence, I am copying it below. > Harish Kotian. > > > 'Tuk Tuk meter' app to calculate auto fares launched... > 12 JAN, 2011, 03.53PM IST,PTI > > > Download app: > http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/travel_and_local/tuk-tuk-meter_qiwz.html > > The application enables the commuter to calculate the distance travelled > using GPS and calculate the fare due. > It runs on smart phones with Android, Blackberry or Symbian operating > systems. > > Kerala-based based MindHelix Technologies, today launched 'Tuk Tuk meter', > claimed to be India's first GPS based multi-platform Auto fare calculator > that runs through smart phones. > > The application can be started on getting into the autorickshaw and the > meter in the phone will run alongside the meter in the rickshaw. > > It can also double-check the distance travelled as shown in the auto's meter > and the GPS distance calculated by the application, Thomas Antony, Chief > Technology Officer, said. > > According to Christian Emmanuel George, Co-founder and CEO of MindHelix > Technologies, the application enables the commuter to calculate the distance > travelled using GPS and calculate the fare due. > > The application runs on smart phones with Android, Blackberry or Symbian > operating systems without any need for calculating manual distance or fare > entry, he told reporters. > > It also does not require internet connection or the service provider, due to > which it can function even in remote areas, George said. > > The application has a Start/Stop button and can be customised for any > location by entering the fare details in the settings page. > > The auto fare calculator would bring relief to commuters who in many cases > are fleeced by autorickshaw drivers. > "MindHelix will be the market leader in creating Mobile Games and > Applciation for the emerging markets like China nd India. > > "We have nine applications in different stages of development, including > games for iPons, other travel related applications and corporate > communication tools. The company is also in talks for getting suitable > partners to achieve the targets," he said. > > The company was formed last month by an engineer and two engineering > students. > > MindHelix focuses on Mobile application development and has a section for > the development of internet applications and desktop software. > Source: > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/tuk-tuk-meter-run-through-smart-phones-launched/articleshow/7268429.cms > > > > An app that calculates fare would prove a boon to millions of commuters who > travel by auto, where fare meters are seldom operational. > > > > ________________________________ > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you > have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or > telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any > attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for > the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > >
