Holistic Vehicle Tracking System

Adam Elliott, Taylor Kinsella, Matthew Lillywhite, Christopher McNeil

Future Transit Now

Agenda

• Introduction• Proof of Concept• Where the idea came from• Major Components• Recommendations• Conclusions• Questions & Answers• References

Introduction• Holistic Vehicle Tracking System– Adam Elliott

• Database Management– Christopher McNeil

• Web Development– Matthew Lillywhite

• Infrastructure– Taylor Kinsella

Proof of Concept• Hardware capable of tracking geographical

position and sending over cellular network• Server capable of accepting data send from

hardware and log into database• Web server used by transit customers to

query database • Plotted on interactive google map• Login registration and favourite route• Password encryption / best practices

Where Did the Idea Originate?• All Calgary Public Transit users can relate• Inconsistent scheduling times• Weather deterred

Major Project Components• Server, services and virtualization• Network, routing and port forwarding• Hardware module (Arduino)• Website development• Database development & selection

Server

HP ProLiant DL380 G7• Hardware RAID• Virtualization• Windows Server 2012• Uninterruptable

Power Supply• Management• iLO

Server rack with UPS

ServicesMember Server• IIS 7• PHP & Python parser• MySQL DatabaseDomain Controller• DNS• Active Directory Domain Services• GPO

Virtualization Software

VMWare Vsphere ESXi 5.1• Bare Metal Hyper Visor• VMWare Vclient

http://www.vmware.com

Networking / Routing

Port Forwarding• Port 80• Port 3343• Port 3379• SSH

D-Link Linksys• DD-WRT• Access Controls• DHCP

http://www.linksys.com/en-ca

Hardware Module

Arduino

Arduino Mega 2560 Hammod Case

• Arduino Uno R3• Arduino Mega 2560

• Adafruit Ultimate GPS Breakout V3• SM5100b GSM Shield

Modules

Hardware Module

Arduino Mega 2560 Bread BoardArduino Uno R3

Website DevelopmentProj354 Portal• Simplistic• Galleria• Single point of resourcesTransit Buddy• Responsive (percent-based CSS)• PHP interaction with MySQL database• Hosted via IIS 7• Integrated Google map

http://www.php.net

Website Development

Website Performance testhttp://www.gtmetrix.com

Website Development

Transit Buddy with Integrated Google Map

Database Development• Microsoft SQL• My SQL• Microsoft Access• Calgary Transit .CSV imports• Salting and hashing

Database Development

Database Design

Recommendations• Device be duplicated and field tested using a

single route by Calgary Transit.• Arduino Mega to a “Teensy” development board• Circuit boards and programming chips on a

larger scale• Script to update database daily to show which

busses are servicing which routes.• Moving to C++ or C#

Conclusions• Proof of concept• 6 million line database• Arduino module with GPS and GSM• Responsive web design (CSS)• Integrated google map• Use of PHP and python• MySQL over MS SQL

Questions & Answers

References

• http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/annual_ridership.html• http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/statistics.html• http://transitcamp.ca/2013/10/13/candidate-responses-innovative-

ideas-and-the-role-of-transit/• http://www.nextbus.com/• http://hosted.fleetcomplete.com/01_start.html• http://www.gpspolice.com/• http://web.archive.org/web/20121105140753/http://

jayeshprojects.blogspot.ca/2010/04/real-time-mobile-gps-tracker-with.html

• https://data.calgary.ca/OpenData/Pages/DatasetListingAlphabetical.aspx#C