Talk:Pickup tracker

a good start

Good start. Please make sure you carefully answer questions about your problem and solution. It is important you are focused. Bmackenty (talk) 11:37, 10 March 2016 (CET)

Thank you 19gupta s (talk) 12:08, 17 March 2016 (CET)

How cool, an EXACT copy of the projectyou are trying! I suggest you read and learn about this

Here you go:

http://www.ibo.org/news/news-list/no-more-frustrations-at-the-bus-stop/ Bmackenty (talk) 09:56, 18 March 2016 (CET)

Oh wow thank you so much Mr. Mackenty! 19gupta s (talk) 10:04, 19 March 2016 (CET)

next steps

Please meet with the IT guys and ask them to help you spec a GPS device. Bmackenty (talk) 21:06, 30 March 2016 (CEST)

Please share with me what you learned from the IT guys?

What did you learn? What questions do you have?

Discussion with Mr. Merick: The discussion I had with Mr. Merick was actually more important than I thought it would be. He first asked me some basic questions and then gave me an idea how to further develop my project. He said to build a server (either a physical or virtual software) that would calculate the time remaining until the bus reaches the person who is waiting. If the GPS turns out to be too expensive, he also gave me an idea that people traveling in the bus/driver can send the location from their smartphones (through an installed app) to the server. He also told me about how I can use Google Maps API to link that to the server to detect the average speed and traffic information related to the bus. So the questions I have would be: how will I create the server? how will I link the server to Google Maps in order to find out the timing of the bus based on the traffic and average speed between each stop? 19gupta s (talk) 11:26, 2 April 2016 (CEST)

let's narrow this down

Please choose one:

1. how to use google maps API (you can in python)
2. what free tools are available for a driver's cellphone to transmit to a server
3. find a cheap (inexpensive) GPS transmitter that we can play with
4. how to actually make a digital notice board (raspberry pi) click here

I will go with number 1 and number 3. 19gupta s (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2016 (CEST)

Bmackenty (talk) 12:25, 6 April 2016 (CEST)

Your task for today (April 14th)

Please find a cheap GPS tracking unit on amazon.co.uk and please google python google maps API. Please KEEP TRACK of what you are learning on this page. Bmackenty (talk) 08:30, 14 April 2016 (CEST)

Propose a solution, hypothesis or other possible answer.

Obtain a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working.

A unit of abstract mathematical system subject to the laws of arithmetic.