shuttletrack product launch may 6, 2003 krishnan sriram & salil soman
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ShuttleTrack
Product Launch
May 6, 2003
Krishnan Sriram & Salil Soman
ShuttleTrack
• Spring 2002 iCampus Project• Set out to Provide Real Time Tracking
information on MIT’s SafeRide van service• Now provides tracking of all MIT shuttle
services (SafeRide, TechShuttle, Charter Serices)
• Official Launch of Services to MIT Community Today (5/6/03)
Outline
• ShuttleTrack Demo
• Project timeline
• System overview
Outline
• ShuttleTrack Demo
• Project timeline
• System overview
Demo
• Route Map
• Stop Map
• Text Version
• Update Information
• Feedback Form
Outline
• ShuttleTrack Demo
• Project timeline
• System overview
What Have We Been Doing?
• Spring 2002 – – Experimented several communication
strategies– Designed system components– Setup development environment
• Summer ’02 – – Installed communication hardware [cdpd] – Created system Back End
What Have We Been Doing?• Fall ’02
– Expanded tracking to all MIT shuttles – Expanded functionality of back end– Addressed Issues of Hardware Damage
• IAP ’03– Developed Front End, van Polling software, and Stop
Detection Algorithm
• Spring ’03 – Continued Development of Front End and Back End– Installed steel safety cases and reinstalled hardware
into vans– Developed Custom GIS Maps with accurate Lat/Long
Coordinates of Stops Recorded in System
System Overview
Looking Under the Hood
System Overview
GPS/CDPD Modems on Vans
Van Polling Windows Service
SQL Server
Admin Page
Web service
Web Service Client
UDP Packets Over Internet
Stop detection
Arrival Estimation
Back End
Front End
GPS Position
System Overview
GPS/CDPD Modems on Vans
Van Polling Windows Service
SQL Server
Admin Page
Web service
Web Service Client
UDP Packets Over Internet
Stop detection
Arrival Estimation
Back End
Front End
GPS Position
Acknowledgements
• Andrew Chen (’02)• Genevieve T Cuevas(’03)
•Terran Melconian(’99)• William Hall(PhD’00)• Sarah Williams• Dan Sheehan• Erik Koplovsky
Programmers
System Design Team
Technical Advisors
• John McDonald• Phillip Long• Stephen Immerman
Institute Advisors
• Wyan-Ching Mimi Lee(G)• Ryan Tam(G)• Cordy Crockett(SM’02)• Ging Ging Liu(SM’02)• Nina Menezes(PhD’02)
And of Course...
MIT Graduate Student Council
&
MIT-Microsoft iCampus Alliance