Android Question LOOKING FOR ADVICE - VEHICLE TRACKING

[Intelemarketing]

I was looking for some advice on developing an app which allows a company to track their vehicles, using Google Maps.
I understand from the Google maps examples how to present a map with a pointer showing a particular location.
The issue is that there may be 1, 10, 100, or even 1000 vehicles that need to be tracked, which presents the problem of how the vehicle's location is to be reported back to base.
A permanent connection back to base from each vehicle/phone is out of the question as there could be too many connections running at the same time, I would think.
I was looking at alternatives - eg, Using FTP to send the location points from each vehicle every few minutes. (Then be monitored by an app at the base which can process each vehicle's location). The downside of this approach is that literally thousands of FTP uploads/downloads will take place every day.

That's the best I can come up with - Just wondering if there may be a better way to do this.

Thanks

 

[TILogistic]

question:

Will the vehicles have GPS equipment installed?

if your answer is yes.

and you want a free and proven platform for years

see:

GPS Tracking Software - Free and Open Source System - Traccar

Traccar is the leading GPS tracking software. Vehicle and personal tracking. Self hosting and cloud-based solution. Real time view, reports, notifications.

www.traccar.org

or you want to develop a vehicle monitoring platform.

Types of communication of the gps equipment TCP, UDP or HTTP.

See this:

[B4X] Network + AsyncStreams + B4XSerializator

Better implementation, based on B4XPages: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-b4xpages-network-asyncstreams-b4xserializator.119011/#content New video tutorial: This is a simple and important example. It demonstrates several good practices related to network...

www.b4x.com

[B4X] FTP Server implemented with Socket and AsyncStreams

(Note that the FTP client above is not part of this solution. It only demonstrates how you can use a standard FTP client to communicate with the server.) This is an example of using low level network features to implement a high level protocol. It is an implementation of a standard FTP server...

www.b4x.com

[WebApp] Web Apps Overview

B4J v2.00 adds support for web applications based on WebSocket technology. With WebSocket The browser and the server maintain an open communication channel. This channel allows us to build web apps where all (or most) of the logic is implemented in the server. The new framework is implemented...

www.b4x.com

 

[TILogistic]

other:

[BANano] Leaflet-Wrapper

Hello, I am pleased to announce my first library for BANano. :) This is a wrapper that allows you to use the functionality of the JavaScript library Leaflet with B4J in conjunction with BANano. What is Leaflet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaflet_(software) Leaflet homepage...

www.b4x.com

Web App: Leaflet Map example

This is my first web app which uses leaflet as a mapping component. Source is attached.

www.b4x.com

Leaflet Map B4J server

Hola, estoy realizando un desarrollo que involucra mapas de openstreatmap en B4J server (con Leaflet). Utilice el ejemplo que coloque Eurojam y funciona muy bien. Estoy necesitando poder recibir el evento CLICK de un Marker en código de B4J (para poder saber cual fue el marker seleccionado)...

www.b4x.com

 

[Star-Dust]

An ftp is not required. just have each vehicle at a cadence submit the position to an online database. Affinché to DB the vehicle ID and position other useful information.

 

[f0raster0]

I was looking for some advice on developing an app which allows a company to track their vehicles, using Google Maps.
I understand from the Google maps examples how to present a map with a pointer showing a particular location.
The issue is that there may be 1, 10, 100, or even 1000 vehicles that need to be tracked, which presents the problem of how the vehicle's location is to be reported back to base.
A permanent connection back to base from each vehicle/phone is out of the question as there could be too many connections running at the same time, I would think.
I was looking at alternatives - eg, Using FTP to send the location points from each vehicle every few minutes. (Then be monitored by an app at the base which can process each vehicle's location). The downside of this approach is that literally thousands of FTP uploads/downloads will take place every day.

That's the best I can come up with - Just wondering if there may be a better way to do this.

Thanks

I have experience with GPS in a mining company, over 500+ vehicles, we were showing the trucks and buses in "real time", every 10sec.. on google map (year 2011 and not using b4x)

In your case, just send your location to your server using your b4x-app, then the server will do the processing

 

[TILogistic]

????

GPS in a mining company in Chile

 

[TILogistic]

just have each vehicle at a cadence submit the position to an online database.

How is the vehicle position sent?

Through what?

 

[TILogistic]

I have experience with GPS in a mining company, over 500+ vehicles, we were showing the trucks and buses in "real time", every 10sec.. on google map (year 2011 and not using b4x)

In your case, just send your location to your server using your b4x-app, then the server will do the processing

Codelco, Pacific Steel Company, SQM, etc ??

 

[TILogistic]

very good:

World-leading GPS Trackers For Aftermarket And OEM Applications

World-leading tracking hardware for aftermarket and OEM applications. From easy track & trace to professional CAN bus data reading, we cover it all

teltonika-gps.com

 

[f0raster0]

very good:

World-leading GPS Trackers For Aftermarket And OEM Applications

World-leading tracking hardware for aftermarket and OEM applications. From easy track & trace to professional CAN bus data reading, we cover it all

teltonika-gps.com

why? just use the phone (I think, it is why the question is here on b4x forum)

 

[TILogistic]

why? just use the phone (I think, it is why the question is here on b4x forum)

LOOKING FOR ADVICE - VEHICLE TRACKING

I was looking for some advice on developing an app which allows a company to track their vehicles, using Google Maps. I understand from the Google maps examples how to present a map with a pointer showing a particular location. The issue is that there may be 1, 10, 100, or even 1000 vehicles...

www.b4x.com

 

[TILogistic]

why? just use the phone (I think, it is why the question is here on b4x forum)

Codelco, Pacific Steel Company, SQM, etc ??

 

[Intelemarketing]

question:

Will the vehicles have GPS equipment installed?

I want to use the driver's mobile phone to determine their location - using an app which will send back the phone's location on a periodic basis

 

[Intelemarketing]

I have experience with GPS in a mining company, over 500+ vehicles, we were showing the trucks and buses in "real time", every 10sec.. on google map (year 2011 and not using b4x)

In your case, just send your location to your server using your b4x-app, then the server will do the processing

This is almost EXACTLY what I am triying to do. How did you send the location to the server using a B4X-App on the phone, please ? Thanks.

 

[TILogistic]

My experience monitoring the vehicle through the driver's mobile phone has not had good results.

Because?

Drivers do not undertake to use the telephone as a work tool.

Problem:

They stop reporting the location for the following.

1.- No battery
2.- They forget and leave the phone at home.
3.- They manipulate the phones for personal use
4.- etc. etc.

The best results are indirect monitoring through a gps equipment.

 

[TILogistic]

This is almost EXACTLY what I am triying to do. How did you send the location to the server using a B4X-App on the phone, please ? Thanks.

Search Results

www.b4x.com

 

[TILogistic]

Background location tracking

Simple example of a foreground service that keeps the process running in the background. The current location is shown in the persistent notification. The app starts at boot and theoretically should run all the time. It also schedules itself to run with StartServiceAt. This can help in cases...

www.b4x.com

 

[TILogistic]

sample:

This application sends the mobile phone position via HTTP (Post) to a Server.

or you can use JRDC2

 

[TILogistic]

See says my car is inside the house.
and the truth is the mobile phone that is inside the house.

 

[f0raster0]

This is almost EXACTLY what I am triying to do. How did you send the location to the server using a B4X-App on the phone, please ? Thanks.

In that project we use GSM/GPRS to send the locations using our own GPS and firmware.

A friend of mine he is using a smartphone for buses in public transport.. like this: the App Android send the location via php to the sever, once data/locations are in the data base on the server it can be showed in a PC on Google Map for example.