Aspicore GSM Tracker

Background information

What does the application do?

Cost-effective and efficient tool to track the locations of mobile phones in a vehicle tracking system or in a buddy tracking website.

Aspicore GSM Tracker is an S60 application, which makes the smartphone into a real-time AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) tracking device.

The application determines the location with a GPS receiver and transmits the tracking data to a server in real-time through a cellular packet data connection. The data connection to the server is usually made via the Internet.

System description and purpose

Typically the server computer stores the received tracking data into a SQL database. The data can be visualized with simple map software, (e.g. Google Maps for Enterprise, Google Earth) or it can be linked to a professional fleet management system or a mobile workforce management system.

Individual users can use Aspicore GSM Tracker for personal location tracking. They can e.g. automatically publish their current location and daily track on their web page. They may recover a lost GPS phone through an SMS enquiry.

Users can share their current location online with their buddies using the free GpsGate.com service provided by Franson Technology AB.

Location tracking system possibilities

Central location database

The central database can be a powerful SQL engine running in a desktop or server computer. It handles hundreds of mobile tracking targets. (Depending on the tracking frequency and resolution.) The database accumulates position data from the mobile phones being tracked. Each record in the database is identified by the IMEI code of the phone the data belongs to.

The location data can be collected to an industry standard SQL database. This makes it straightforward to integrate with the rest of your company data systems.

Launch location aware web page in mobile web browser

Customized HTTP server application can automatically show personalized location aware pages on the standard mobile browser. This opens many possibilities to create exciting applications. Aspicore GSM Tracker can run in the background and the user interacts with the custom mobile internet page.

Use cell tower based location estimation

If you are not using a GPS receiver, you must first create a mapping from the network cell ID to a geographical location. Unless you get the cell tower location lists from your mobile operator, you can collect the data yourself by driving around the places you want to have recognised by the system and have Aspicore GSM Tracker with GPS to record the GPS coordinates of the network cells.

When the system is eventually being used, the mobile will report its network cell information to the system server by using Aspicore GSM Tracker. The server compares the network cell information to the accumulated data and converts it to an estimated geographical location. This way you can track your sales representatives, delivery men, children etc without them needing to carry a GPS receiver with them.

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