Thanks Arnie :)<div><br></div><div>I'm probably thinking of a standalone mapping application on the GPS device, and for on the server as well. This is to limit GPRS usage on the GPS Device, and because I need to do a bit of processing on the server side (I'm thinking of routing a lot of vehicles).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm interested to know what SMS services you would / do use though, and how much that costs you per SMS? ($USD$)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Louis<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Arnie Shore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shoreas@gmail.com">shoreas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello there Louis. I don't recall whether I'd responded to the July posting, so apologies here if this repeats anything I'd said in response.<br><br>Our project ( <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/open-source-cad?lnk=gcimv" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/open-source-cad?lnk=gcimv</a>) has a somewhat different orientation, but there's a lot of overlap WRT the requirements/goals you enumerate below. While the project proper is free and open source, and relies on PHP and MySQL as, respectively, the scripting and database engines, the mapping (today) is GMaps-based. Moveing the latter to OpenLayers and OSM is on our to-do list, for a number of operational reasons in addition to that of the gospel of a completely OS solution.<br>
<br>By the numbers:<br><br>1. We do track GPS-equipped smart phones.<br>2. We do send dispatch notification via both conventional email and SMS-capable devices.<br>3. We do send driving directions, again by both conventional email and SMS-capable devices.<br>
4. Driver confirmation capability currently requires a suitably-equipped device with the driver. (I.e., a browser on some platform)<br>5. While we do rely on humans to select the to-be dispatched units, we do show the distances from incident to unit location, the initial selection being the nearest in straight-line distance - in the interest of rapid response.<br>
<br>Our system, Tickets CAD by name, is OS-agnostic, and largely browser-independent (we test under FF, IE, Chrome, and Safari). I believe that Tickets can run on any http server supporting the engines noted above. (We test under Apache, but it's run under IIS in the past.) It has been under active development and use for approximately two years, and is available from SourceForge.<br>
<br>Do come back with any questions, of course.<br><br>Arnie Shore<br>Annapolis, MD<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Louis Sayers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lssayers@gmail.com" target="_blank">lssayers@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm Louis, I noticed that in July 2009 there was a discussion on fleet management software, and people were talking about possibly starting a project (see <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-July/thread.html" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-July/thread.html</a> )</div>
<div><br></div>I was wondering if this discussion had led to the formation of a project of any sort, or if other software had been identified that provided the functionality required for fleet management?<div><br></div><div>
I'm particularly interested in such a system to:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Track a fleet of vehicle locations</div><div>2. Send orders to vehicles based on their location (using shortest path type queries)</div><div>
3. Enable drivers to follow guided mapping directions from the vehicles</div><div>4. Enable drivers to confirm pickup or dropoff of orders, or various other scenarios (e.g. toilet stop needed)</div><div>5. Enable full automation of the system (which vehicles get which orders are determined by an algorithm, not humans)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Are there any projects / products out there that you know of that cover or are working to cover these features?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br>Louis Sayers<br>MEM Programme<br><br>Department of Engineering Management<br>
University of Canterbury<br>Private Bag 4800<br>Christchurch 8140, New Zealand<br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:lssayers@gmail.com" target="_blank">lssayers@gmail.com</a><br>Phone: +64 27 460 3591<br>
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