Prototype System of Geolocation Educational Public Transport Through Google Maps API

Abstract

Urban traffic complications in most underdeveloped countries and congestion in all metropolitan areas has become a daily problem with a difficult solution. Disorganized mobility of drivers and pedestrians along with the increase in travel time, non-compliance with schedules, air pollution and intolerable sound levels, have harmful effects on human health. Therefore, this research describes a geolocation system of urban transport through a mobile application developed on the Xamarin platform. Drivers send the latitude and longitude points when starting a route, this data will be sent to the SQL SERVER online database server, using the SmarterASP.NET platform. By developing the geolocation system in ASP.NET, the coordinates are available to users in an interval of 5 s. The developed interface shows a location map, where the route in real time is presented. It also shows the administration of users, drivers, buses, assignment of routes, assignment of buses and registration of static routes. Being a prototype system, the university transport system has been taken as an object of study to corroborate its correct operation with the respective experimental tests. Satisfaction surveys have also been carried out on a group of 300 people, among students and university teachers and their validation is carried out through the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM). To interpret the results, Kendall Tau-b correlation analysis was used, obtaining positive correlation values with a high significance value.

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“…The investigations presented in [11] and [12] allow us to appreciate the use of GPS to generate operational maps in emergencies such as earthquakes; this served as a basis for this research. On the other hand, both [10] and [13] use geolocalization tools for crime management in cities. The locations of the areas with the highest levels of crime can be defined.…”

“…Google Maps has become one of the most important products of Google Enterprise. These benefits are justified not only by the features and performance of this product but also by its capacity to integrate different programming languages through Google Maps API to enhance the customization and exploitation of different information systems [9,10]. Concerning the personal security, a prototype of Children Location Monitoring System (CLMS) has been developed where, using GPS and GSM technologies, the child's location is continuously emitted.…”