An advanced public transport with tracking the vehicle and sending the location using GSM and GPS during pandemic situations

Mahadevan, V.; Al-Busaidi, N. A. A. H.; Moamari, J. S. A. A.; Bindu, P. V.; Konijeti, M. S. N. K.; Venusamy, K.

This is the first time;the entire world is under lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. During these time, the people are afraid to go crowed places such as bus stop. But most people prefer to use public transport instead of driving their vehicles due to diverse benefits. Through their mobile phones, if the people are aware of the timings of their route bus they can come to the bus stop on time in order to avoid the waiting. Therefore, this paper concentrates on the improvement of public transport for making the usage of this type of transport convenient and safe. To achieve the aim of this paper, a GPS (Global Positioning System) and a GSM (Global system for mobile communication) concepts are employed. Moreover, to complete the design successfully, the SIM808 board is used in order to track the location of the vehicle remotely as it contains a GPS module, and for sending short SMS messages including the latitude and longitude GSM modem is attached. The location can be tracked by the assistance of Google map. SIM808 module is controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. © 2021 IEEE.