[OSGeo-Discuss] Fleet management

[Louis Sayers]

Thanks Arnie :)

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).

I'm interested to know what SMS services you would / do use though, and how
much that costs you per SMS? ($USD$)


Thanks,

Louis

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Arnie Shore <shoreas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Our project ( http://groups.google.com/group/open-source-cad?lnk=gcimv)
> 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.
>
> By the numbers:
>
> 1.  We do track GPS-equipped smart phones.
> 2.  We do send dispatch notification via both conventional email and
> SMS-capable devices.
> 3.  We do send driving directions, again by both conventional email and
> SMS-capable devices.
> 4.  Driver confirmation capability currently requires a suitably-equipped
> device with the driver.  (I.e., a browser on some platform)
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Do come back with any questions, of course.
>
> Arnie Shore
> Annapolis, MD
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Louis Sayers <lssayers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-July/thread.html )
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> I'm particularly interested in such a system to:
>>
>> 1. Track a fleet of vehicle locations
>> 2. Send orders to vehicles based on their location (using shortest path
>> type queries)
>> 3. Enable drivers to follow guided mapping directions from the vehicles
>> 4. Enable drivers to confirm pickup or dropoff of orders, or various other
>> scenarios (e.g. toilet stop needed)
>> 5. Enable full automation of the system (which vehicles get which orders
>> are determined by an algorithm, not humans)
>>
>> Are there any projects / products out there that you know of that cover or
>> are working to cover these features?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Louis Sayers
>> MEM Programme
>>
>> Department of Engineering Management
>> University of Canterbury
>> Private Bag 4800
>> Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
>>
>> Email: lssayers at gmail.com
>> Phone: +64 27 460 3591
>>
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