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| URI: | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/6E5BD268-251A-44EB-9618-D28985BFCD14 | ||
| Year | 2016 | ||
| Type of Item | Diploma Work | ||
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| Bibliographic Citation | Varvara Gioti, "Crowdsourcing Android application for public transport position tracking", Diploma Work, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2016 https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.63071 | ||
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Nowadays, many communication and information devices have been created as a result of technological revolution. Low cost as well as wide variety of features have brought smart phones in the spotlight as one of the most widely used device of all time. Considering the daily usage of mobile phones, we developed a mobile application that can track the location of any mean of transport (such as bus, train, boat etc) using the technique of crowdsourcing.The application implements a special algorithm that automatically recognizes when a passenger gets on or off a bus (in our case), using smartphone's parameters such as GPS-based location or speed. The innovation here is that the passenger does not have to make any effort saying when he gets on or off; the whole procedure is totally automated and the only thing that he is asked to do is to give the exact number of the bus he is on.Subsequently, the mobile device communicates with a remote server, receives information about the buses and sends back the user's location. Then, the server can distribute current location to other users of the application that might be waiting for the bus. In summary, rapid technology development and especially familiarity with online maps contributes to the usability of this application. Thus, crowdsourcing helps cultivating altruism. Moreover, passengers seem more eager to use buses when they don't have to wait for too long or in vain for them, which in turns means fewer cars in the streets and less pollution from these cars. That is what we need to strive for; make people respect and stop destroying the environment.
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