Application of GPS in Vehicular Traffic Management

By Vaibhav Gilada Click to edit Master subtitle style Dept. of Civil Engineering 1RV08CV038

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Global Positioning Systems

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellitebased navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS was originally intended for military applications, but in the 1980s, the government made the system available for civilian use. GPS works in any weather conditions, anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day.

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Solutions centered around GPS in Traffic Management consists of Solution for fleet management

collecting data of GPS-fitted vehicles,which talk to their servers for information processing,and give real time result of the travel time of each vehicle. A company CSR specializing in wireless technology studies the pattern of traffic in areas where the tracked vehicle are moving and interprets and predicts the composite traffic speed in that area. Taking the GPS feed and the data collected ,for the passengers, a time estimation can be provided of when a certain vehicle will arrive at a certain stop. The estimation time can be made available through SMS,through smart phone applications. By use of GPS which part of city is crowded and alternate routes can be found.

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Historical data such as weather, season, day of the week (weekends), festivals, and peak office hours are also gathered by our intelligent server and is fed into the algorithms which help in processing the final results for a congenial journey of the commuters on the roads License Plate Reading:Kritikal Solutions, the first startup spun out of IIT-Delhis incubation center, has some unique products such as the licence plate reading system and a traffic analyzer that is based on image processing.Using its own image processing algorithms, Kritikal Solutions offers

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Geo traffic and Where is My Bus solutions are two such solutions for the commuters to find out the fastest as well as the shortest route to any destination, and to get the real-time mapping results of the traffic speed in various parts of the city

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Route Advisory Public Transit Information Driver Motivation Smart Keys

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Weather information systems

Monitor the weather information

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Traffic and transit management

Traffic Signals Monitoring throughput: - Recommended speeds - Ramp metering Incident Management Signal priority for: - Emergency vehicles - Public transport
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Bus Information System

Public Transport Information

Countdown: Real-time Bus Stop Information (London, UK)

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Real-time information

Automobile traffic Public transport Parking Airport arrivals/departures News, banking, stocks
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Parking

Information on availability Guidance to: - Available facility - Actual spot

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Commercial vehicle operations

Fleet Management

Taxi Buses Vans and Lorries Emergency Vehicle Tracking of Stolen Vehicle Tracing of emergency vehicle Tracking of Hazardous Goods

Security and Safety

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