Building mobile virtual communities for public transport awareness
J. Kawash, Christo El Morr, W. Charaf, H. Taha · IEE Mobility Conference 2005. The Second International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems · 2005
The collaboration between bus operators and community members is the next logical step in the evolution of truly live bus tracking and timing inquiries. In this paper, we present a prototype software system that supports the creation of a collaborative mobile virtual community for public transport awareness. The system makes use of location determination technology to track the users' locations and supplies them with live bus-arrival times and appropriate notifications. The system is built using three-tier architecture and requires minimum user interaction. (7 pages)