On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Interesting idea. A system that uses an RFID sensor installed in bus > > > shelters can sense the arrival of buses (fitted with RFID transmitters) > > and > > > appropriately update its bus location database. But I think it would be > > > much > > > more complex and the location information will be of a lesser > resolution > > > than a GPS! > > > > > > > > RFIDs are generically very shot range. For it to cover the distance > between > > the bus and the bus shelter (especially considering the drivers stopping > > the > > bus at will) you might require some exotic variant which might be > costlier > > 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 Slightly making it OT, there is a site which makes the live MTC GPS data of available online but works only on IE. *Sick* http://alert.net.in/eta/ Its been there for almost a year now, but wonder how many people use it.There was no PR what so ever and sometimes the data is not useful as not all buses on a route are GPS enabled. -- Regards Srikanth.L http://j.mp/SrikanthL _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
