Proximity Alert Using LBS For Android ISSN 2319-9725

R. R. Bagul M. N. Bangar J. K. Attar A. V. Satkar Student, Department of Computer Engineering, University of Pune, MMIT, Lohgaon Pune, Maharashtra, India S. G. Rathod Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering, University Of Pune, MMIT, Lohgaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: A Location Based Service(LBS) is a mobile computing application that provides information and functionality to users based on their geographical location. First generation example include show me nearby restaurant-type application. Next generation LBS can provide additional benefits for users and service providers such as Providing proximity alert for the user Finding a friend nearby Chat

Keywords: Proximity Alert, Shortest Path, Friend Finder, Chat, Geocoding.

March, 2013 1. Introduction:

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A Location Based Service is mobile computing application that provides services to users based on their geographical location[6]. These can range from simple find the closest HOTEL present uses to tell me when my friends are nearby. In this modern word each and every individual want to access a mobile device which is smart enough to fulfill individuals needs. Android is such a smart device which is capable enough to fulfill the users need. We can develop our own application which can be run over andro id device[3][5]. We just needs to install the .apk file of generated application over android device. The proposed system is going to provide the facilities to the users when user is newer to any place through the application named proximity alert. The proximity alert application of proposed system will provide the notification to the user of arrival of its specified destination while travelling in the form of alarm. Another application of proposed system is shortest path which is going to provide the service to user by mining the shortest distance between source and destination. Another application named friend finder of proposed system will provide the notification to the user about his/her friends nearby. If two friends are within same location, then the last, but not least, application provides chat facility between them. 2. Literature Survey: 2.1 LBS Components And Technologies: Here we are going to discuss LBS Components which includes: How to obtain information about current location Relative middleware standards Storage of location information How Smartphone technology can be used in next generation LBS LBSs contains a number of components including maps and geographic information system(GIS) information ,location collection service. The architecture of LBS can be as below[6].

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Figure 1: LBS Components and Technology 2.2 Geocoding: Geocoder is the only class which enables us to translate latitude/longitude to approximate street address and vice-versa. The Geocoding is done on server side, so our application needs to add Internet uses-permission in our manifest. The Geocoder class gives access to two functions[4]: 2.2.1 Forward Geocoding: Using this function the user will be able to longitude values. 2.2.2 Reverse Geocoding: Using this function the user will be able to translate latitude and longitude values into approximate street address. 3. Proximity Alert: Its often useful to have our applications react when a user moves toward, or away from, a specific location. Proximity alerts let our applications set triggers that are fired when a user moves within or beyond a set distance from a geographic location. To set a proximity alert for a given coverage area, select the center point (using longitude and latitude values), a radius around that point, and an expiry time-out for the alert. The alert will fire if the device crosses over that boundary, both when it moves from outside to within the radius, and when it moves from inside to beyond it. When triggered, proximity alerts fire Intents, most
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translate street address into latitude and

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commonly broadcast Intents. Here Intent is nothing but a small message that will be triggered when user moves within or beyond a set distance. The Intent notification looks like this[1]:

Figure 2: Proximity Alert 4. Shortest Path: This application provides shortest path between source and destination entered by user. It chooses the optimum path from the large set of available paths. It also notifies the user how to reach to the specified destination. The source is indicated by blue color and destination is indicated by green color. It shows shortest path on map using green color line from source to destination on android device while travelling[2].

Figure 3: Shortest Path

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March, 2013 5. Friendfinder:

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This application notifies the user about his/her friends nearby. If A is friend with B, and both are in same region then a pop-up message will be fired on both the devices that so and so friend in your region. To notify about friends we have to set some radius. When any other friend comes under that location a triggered will be fired to both the friends. Finally the application provides chat facility between two friends. 6. Advantages: This system provides user with various modules within one package. Proximity alert provide various resource information with respect to current user location to user which is new to that location. It helps to find all the friends within same location. It is user Friendly. As it provides shortest path from all available paths it save user valuable time and hence time efficient. This is an application package which can be run on any android device. We just need to install .apk file of this package on our android device and it is ready to work. 7. Disadvantages: As these applications need internet it requires GPRS connection every time. Bad weather and poor Internet connection can affect the system. Required Android based OS mobile containing in-built GPS. Require Google Maps. 8. Future Scope: After detailed survey we observe that obtaining a user location from mobile device is quite tedious. Because: There are several things that can give idea about user location like, GPS, Cell-ID, and Wi-Fi. Determining which to use and trust is tedious. Because use changes his/her location so we have to re-estimate the user location every so often. Location obtained from one source of location is more accurate than previous source of location. Right now we just provide chat between two friends at a time we do not provide chat between several friends.
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The future scope is to eliminate these issues and provide efficient system to the users. 9. Conclusions: Here we are providing a unique package of android applications. This alerts the user about current location, nearby places, ATMs, Banks, and so many. The package provides the great shortest distance between source and destination from number of available paths from source to destination in order to save user valuable time. It finds users friends in the same location and provides chat facility among them.

___________________________________________________________________________ Acknowledgment: We would like to sincerely thank Mr. Subhash Rathod, our guide, for his support and encouragement.
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