Thursday, September 20, 2012

Ready...Set...Ride uses the System Unit and Hardware



Ready...Set...Ride is a mobile application that uses GPS tracking to provide students with accurate, real time arrival times of Centro buses and shuttles. In addition to bus arrival times, Ready...Set...Ride will also provide directions to nearest bus stops, transit directions from one location go another, bus route maps, and alerts for each time the every bus is running its final route.

Some of the best features of Ready...Set...Ride include it's use of GPS tracking for accuracy, it's accessibility - it will be available as an application on mobile phones and a display of the user's "favorite routes". In order to enjoy these features, the system unit is VERY important. The case on the mobile phone serves as a system unit that houses the electronic components of the phone, Therefore the system unit is in fact the most important component one needs in order to utilize the application. Without the protection offered by the case of the system unit, the internal electronic components if the mobile phone will be susceptible to damage and therefore one can not use the application.


The second most important component of Ready...Set...Ride is the GPS which also comprises of a system unit. Ready...Set...Ride would use an active GPS tracking system. An active GPS tracking system is also known as a real-time system as this method automatically sends the information on the GPS system to a central tracking portal in real time as it happens. Ready...Set...Ride will use satellite technology to track buses on their routes. The the real-time bus arrival times are posted on the application and made available on cell phones.


And of course, Ready...Set...Ride will make great use of hardware. The bus tracking app will be monitored from several computers or perhaps one super computer. Employees will also use computers to track and respond to feedback given by the users. In addition to keeping track of feedback, computers will also be used to promote the app, monitor usage, record most requested routes and conduct any changes to the interface of the Ready...Set...Ride app.


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