Thanks Arnie :) I'm probably thinking of a standalone mapping application on the GPS device, and for on the server as well. This is to limit GPRS usage on the GPS Device, and because I need to do a bit of processing on the server side (I'm thinking of routing a lot of vehicles).
I'm interested to know what SMS services you would / do use though, and how much that costs you per SMS? ($USD$) Thanks, Louis On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Arnie Shore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there Louis. I don't recall whether I'd responded to the July > posting, so apologies here if this repeats anything I'd said in response. > > Our project ( http://groups.google.com/group/open-source-cad?lnk=gcimv) > has a somewhat different orientation, but there's a lot of overlap WRT the > requirements/goals you enumerate below. While the project proper is free > and open source, and relies on PHP and MySQL as, respectively, the scripting > and database engines, the mapping (today) is GMaps-based. Moveing the latter > to OpenLayers and OSM is on our to-do list, for a number of operational > reasons in addition to that of the gospel of a completely OS solution. > > By the numbers: > > 1. We do track GPS-equipped smart phones. > 2. We do send dispatch notification via both conventional email and > SMS-capable devices. > 3. We do send driving directions, again by both conventional email and > SMS-capable devices. > 4. Driver confirmation capability currently requires a suitably-equipped > device with the driver. (I.e., a browser on some platform) > 5. While we do rely on humans to select the to-be dispatched units, we do > show the distances from incident to unit location, the initial selection > being the nearest in straight-line distance - in the interest of rapid > response. > > Our system, Tickets CAD by name, is OS-agnostic, and largely > browser-independent (we test under FF, IE, Chrome, and Safari). I believe > that Tickets can run on any http server supporting the engines noted above. > (We test under Apache, but it's run under IIS in the past.) It has been > under active development and use for approximately two years, and is > available from SourceForge. > > Do come back with any questions, of course. > > Arnie Shore > Annapolis, MD > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Louis Sayers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm Louis, I noticed that in July 2009 there was a discussion on fleet >> management software, and people were talking about possibly starting a >> project (see >> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-July/thread.html ) >> >> I was wondering if this discussion had led to the formation of a project >> of any sort, or if other software had been identified that provided the >> functionality required for fleet management? >> >> I'm particularly interested in such a system to: >> >> 1. Track a fleet of vehicle locations >> 2. Send orders to vehicles based on their location (using shortest path >> type queries) >> 3. Enable drivers to follow guided mapping directions from the vehicles >> 4. Enable drivers to confirm pickup or dropoff of orders, or various other >> scenarios (e.g. toilet stop needed) >> 5. Enable full automation of the system (which vehicles get which orders >> are determined by an algorithm, not humans) >> >> Are there any projects / products out there that you know of that cover or >> are working to cover these features? >> >> >> -- >> Louis Sayers >> MEM Programme >> >> Department of Engineering Management >> University of Canterbury >> Private Bag 4800 >> Christchurch 8140, New Zealand >> >> Email: [email protected] >> Phone: +64 27 460 3591 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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