dc.contributor.author |
Otieno, E. O. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ngigi, M. M. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-06-21T13:02:12Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-06-21T13:02:12Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-06-21 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
9966 923 28 4 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://journals.jkuat.ac.ke/index.php/jscp/article/view/1143 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3332 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Vehicle location based services and tracking system available in Nairobi city mainly focus on private car
owners, fleet management for various organization and cargo tracking. On the other hand, public service
vehicles (PSV) have not attracted much attention of the car tracking companies. Public transport in Nairobi city
is generally characterized by a lot of chaos; these ranges from poor management of the vehicles, traffic
congestion, reckless driving and unreliable service provision. PSV owners have been victims of rogue operators
who do not submit their full revenues thus greatly reducing their profit margins thus escalating their business
running costs. The main objective of the project was to develop a customized location based service that
caters for the needs of the public transport sector in Nairobi city. The project demonstrates development of a
prototype open source solution for management of public transport in Nairobi. The solution uses GPS, web GIS
and GPRS technologies for real time transmission of coordinates from the tracking device to the central
database server and finally rendering on the web page. The development process of the system entailed the
analysis of existing systems in the city, system design and development, evaluation and implementation.
OpenGTS (Open GPS Tracking System) platform for tracking was adopted and customised to the needs of
public transport in Nairobi.The research provides a cheap solution for effective management of public service
vehicles by preventing vehicle misuse. The final solution comprises of a web based application, android
application and customized query interface. The web based application provides graphical visualization and
the customized queries while the android application used by the vehicle operator to update non spatial the
database. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
JKUAT |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
JKUAT |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Proceedings of the 2013 JKUAT Scientific Technological and Industrialization Conference;14-15th November 2013 |
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dc.subject |
Tracking |
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dc.subject |
GIS |
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dc.subject |
PSV |
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dc.subject |
OpenGTS |
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dc.subject |
android |
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dc.subject |
JKUAT |
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dc.subject |
Kenya |
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dc.title |
PUBLIC TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: A PROTOTYPE PSV TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR NAIROBI CITY |
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dc.type |
Article |
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