This document describes a simulation of parking spot availability that was created by Chakravarthy Narnindi Sharad. It is intended for everyday commuters, parking offices, and business owners to help find available parking spots. The simulation uses sensors in each spot and wireless access to update a discrete model every 10 seconds to reflect the dynamic parking environment. Randomly assigning values of 0 or 1 every 10 seconds to each spot in a database simulates the occupancy status for demonstration purposes. Future work could include porting it to mobile clients, allowing users to book spots, locate their vehicle, and get driving directions to available spots.

1. Simulation of Parking Spot Availability
Project byby
Chakravarthy Narnindi Sharad
Acknowledgements
Kate Beard
Constance Holden

2. Introduction
• Parking Spot Availability
• Dynamic Environment
• Implementation Issues

3. Expected User
 In general, Every day commuter who has the
problem of finding a parking space.
 Parking Office, track illegal parking during
non-permit times.
 Commercially, Any Business owner who
cares for customer satisfaction.

4. Assumptions
 Sensors in each parking spot
 WAP enabled Mobile Clients

5. Modeling the Dynamic Environment
 Discrete Model
 Refresh Rate – 10 sec
 Practically Continuous

6. Data Source

7. Preprocessing of Data
 Projection of all data into NAD 1983 East
Maine State Plane Coordinate System.
 Overlay
 Address Matching

8. Implementation
For simulation of the data actually to be provided by the
sensors-
 Add one more field in the feature database file (.dbf file)
associated with its shapefile, which gives the status of the
parking space i.e. whether a spot is occupied (1) or not (0).
 Randomly assign a 0 or 1 periodically (every 10 sec) to a
spot and update the database file.

9. Work Flow
HTML Web Form
ASCII File
Avenue Script
Hit
Zoom
Update
Show Route
Summary PanGeo-code Geo-code
Query the Ftab
Update Display
Randomly assign occupancy
JavaScript
Inputs
summary route submit zoom pan

10. Demo
Lets find the Parking Situation
in Down Town Bangor

11. Future Work
 Portability to Mobile Client
 Booking a Parking Spot
 Locating the vehicle in the Lot
 Driving directions to the spot