This document presents a final year project by three students to develop a vehicle tracking and monitoring system (VTMS) for HinoPak Motors Ltd. The project involved creating an Android application using GPS and GSM/GPRS to track vehicles and transmit location updates to a remote server. It also included a web-based interface to view vehicle locations. Milestones included gathering requirements, prototyping the system, and testing. Future plans are to add video surveillance and experiment with hardware for additional monitoring capabilities.

1. HinoPak Vehicle Tracking &
Monitoring System (VTMS)
Institute of Business Administration
(IBA - Karachi)
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Computer Science Project I Presentation
January 19, 2013
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2. INTRODUCTION
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3. Group
• This is the final year project of three
students from BS(CS) program:
- Ayaz Ali Qureshi
- Salik Aziz Khan
- Syeda Khushbakth Rizvi
• Project is under the supervision of Dr.
Sayeed Ghani
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4. Project
• The project being presented is an Android
based asset tracking and monitoring
system, using Global Positioning System
(GPS) technology to locate and Global
System for Mobiles (GSM) / General
Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services to
transmit the updates to a remote server
which can use the incoming data to
pinpoint assets
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5. Industrial Partner
• The project caters to the market demand
of customizable tracking solution and has
an industrial client
• This project is endorsed by HinoPak
Motors Ltd and its tailored to their needs
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6. DESCRIPTION
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7. Need
• The project is IBA’s graduation
requisite, which serves as the foremost
need
• The requirements of HinoPak Motors Ltd
served as secondary need factor
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8. Scope
• The scope of the project includes an
android application, web based interfaced
and underlying frameworks
• The project scope was defined after careful
discussion with the industrial partner
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9. Scope – Contd..
• The project boundaries were set to all
things software related. Any use or
manipulation of hardware is considered
beyond the scope of this project, for this
stage
• Any task which deviates from the core of
tracking and vehicle monitoring is deemed
out of scope
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10. Learning Objective
• To develop a business viable solution from
scratch
• To understand, learn and implement
product development & software
engineering techniques applied in real life
projects
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11. • To be able to better translate real life
scenarios into functional features
• To polish competencies learned during the
course of the program
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Learning Objective – Contd..

12. Project Objective
• Develop a low cost asset tracking and
monitoring solution
• Provide a highly customizable solution to
our industrial partner
• Development of video surveillance of
assets’ interior as an add-on capability
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13. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
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14. Implementation Method
• Waterfall model is employed for software
development. Tasks were broken down
into segments, namely:
- Planning 
- Analysis 
- Design 
- Implementation 
- Testing 
- Delivery
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15. Technological Basis
The technologies used to develop the
system include:
- Android OS
- GPS and GPRS enabled devices
- HTML/CSS/JS
- LAMP(Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Google Maps
- Linux based servers
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16. Mode of Delivery
• Tracking will be done via an Android
application
• The data will be sent to remote server in
real-time via SMS or GPRS service
• The data can be viewed via web panel
which accesses database residing at the
server
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17. System Model
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Server
Web-Panel
Mobile
Application

18. Data Flow Diagram
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19. Class Diagram
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20. PROJECT COMPONENTS
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21. ANDROID APPLICATION
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22. Overview
• Tracking will be done via an application
installed in the device
• The application features multiple options
to set preferences, and view data which is
gathered
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23. Features
• Feature #01 – Last known location
• Feature #02 – Current location
• Feature #03 – Travel route
• Feature #04 – Route coordinates
• Feature #05 – Speed(current/average)
• Feature #06 – Estimated time of arrival *
• Feature #07 – Points of interest *
• Feature #08 – Time taken for a route (lapsed/remaining)
• Feature #09 – Ignition Notification *
• Feature #10 – Distance travelled (lapsed/remaining)
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* Currently under development

24. SERVER
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25. Overview
• We have two server instances:
– A primary server hosted at HinoPak
– A secondary backup server hosted by IBA
• Servers have Ubuntu 12.04 OS, LAMP
stack on top
• Web Panel for administration which is in
PHP
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26. DEBUGGING TOOLS
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27. Overview
• A desktop application written in C# to
transfer data file created by application
during offline logging.
• A mobile application for android to
transfer data file created by application
during offline logging.
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28. WEB PANEL
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29. Overview
• Web Panel is the server side interface.
• It has the capability to display variety of
information collected via the mobile
application.
• Major features include: Last co-
ordinate, All co-ordinates, Load/Save
route, User management.
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30. CURRENT STANDING &
PROGRESS
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31. Milestones
• Meeting with HinoPak’s management for
requirement gathering purpose
• Development and approval of a
comprehensive and structured SRS
document
• Implementation of minimum requirement
set by HinoPak Motors Ltd
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32. Milestones – Contd..
• UI design formalized
• A working prototype is developed
• Currently the application is the testing phase
for real life scenario
• Development of a dedicated website to
introduce and inform the interested entities
about the solution and all the relevant
aspects
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33. Milestones – Contd..
• Preliminary experiment design was
devised and a test run was done to gather
sample dataset to be used later for
research purpose
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34. Limitations
• We faced some glitches with the server
up-time, GPS accuracy (device specific)
and network reception
• Also selection of appropriate algorithm
proved to be challenging task
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35. Requirements
• Some limitations pertains to usage of
Android application specifically:
- Subscription to GPRS connection
(For active data logging)
- SD card with sufficient memory
(For offline data logging – in the event of lost transmission)
- Android OS version 2.2 and above
- GPS enabled Handset
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36. FUTURE PLANS
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37. Vision
• Pertains to the Computer Science Project
II, where we would experiment &
incorporate hardware with the tracking
system
• Essentially, it looks at monitoring
functionality on ground, gathering video
surveillance of vehicle from the inside in
real time
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38. Research Paper
• A theoretical research paper concerning
our tracking and monitoring solution, its
model and unique characteristics
• Also, results collected through specifically
designed experiments
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39. Hardware Extension
• Raspberry Pi – a microcomputer is
obtained for this purpose
• This will gather all cues from the assets
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40. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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41. • We would like to thank Dr. Sayeed Ghani
for this precious time and guidance
throughout the course of this project and
we will continue to seek his supervision
for the following half, and Mr. Shams
Naveed Zia for his
collaboration, confidence in our work and
complete autonomy to work
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42. • Also we would like to thank Dr. Sajjad
Haider for his time which he took to
listen, help and direct us to appropriate
solutions
• Additionally, we would like to thank Dr.
Shakeel Khoja, Mr. Faisal Iradat and Mr.
Imran khan for their learned consult
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43. QUESTIONS?
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44. THANK YOU!
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