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GPS/GSM Enabled Person Tracking System

Amol Chaudhari 1, Shabbir Bohra 2, Harshada Karma 3, Ashwini Dhupadale 4
B.E. Student, Department of E&TC Engineering, Shatabdi Institute of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik,India1
B.E. Student, Department of E&TC Engineering, Shatabdi Institute of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik, India2
B.E. Student, Department of E&TC Engineering, Shatabdi Institute of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik, India3
B.E. Student, Department of E&TC Engineering, Shatabdi Institute of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik, India4
ABSTRACT: There are various systems for tracking the position of a vehicle but there is no such system made for
tracking a human being. The main aim of our project is to track an intruder or criminal or a person which can be caught
doing illegal job. GPS(Global Positioning System) is used to track the location and time information of the person.
KEYWORDS: Global System for Mobile Communication, Global Positioning System, Global Navigation Satellite
System, General Packet Radio Service
I. INTRODUCTION
The aim of our project is to reduce the overall cost of tracking system based on Global Positioning System (GPS) which
is an satellite system based service. GPS system is nothing but Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). GNSS prior
to use for tracking the position of suspect such as its Latitude, Longitude and Altitude. It provides the reliable location of
time and conditions of weather anywhere on or near the earth surface. GPS receiver can be freely accessed.
Also Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) tracking system is alike GPS system which can be used for
providing real time location and reporting of person. This system works as the person having the tracker which is having
GPS Technology, GSM technology and battery which is compatible for this system. The SIM with GPRS enabled
facility from that the person who wants to their persons will be able to see on Google earth live moving with the help of
GPS technology and GSM Technology. The system uses the information with the help of GPS and GSM Modem and
also having SIM with GPRS facility.
Now a days tracking a human being has become a very crucial job,so to solve this problem its necessary to make a
system which will be cost efficient and also based on GPRS and GSM on mobile phones rather then using an GPS
receiver.
The positioning of system is used for variety of applications such as including sea, Navigation, person, air and vessel
tracking, surveying and mapping etc. Our proposed design is cost-effective, Reliable and has the function of accurate
tracking.
The tracking system currently deployed in the country utilizes the GSM system to locate the Tracked object. The
limitation of this system is that the GSM technology can only identify the Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and the
sector antenna under whose coverage the tracked Object is located and this operation requires the services of the mobile
operator whose Network is used to carry the tracking information for the information to be accessed. A communication
program installed In ARM-7 from that device communicates with GSM modem to provide users real time Data related
to a persons movement and location. To investigate the current uses and applications of GPS tracking through multiple
Usability context analysis.
II. RELATED WORK
The four mainly used methods for tracing the person are shown and explained below. One of the method is The
Automotive Navigation System (ANS) is generally used for tracking Automobiles. Second one is the GPSylon is used

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to enable maps which can be downloaded from Expedia Maps Server. And Third one is Open GTS provide web based
GPS tracking system. Our system aims at the automatic detection of location of person .
1.
Automotive Navigation System:It is an satellite navigation or tracking system which is designed to used for tracing the automobiles. This type of
system is available in high definition cars but with an disadvantage of high cost. GPS navigation system can be used for
tracking the position of vehicle on road with the help of Maps present in database. With the help of the database the
required directions to trace the particular car. The portable GPS devices have helped increase and enhance safety for the
people.
2.
GPSylon System:It shows the maps download from Expedia Map Server which is nothing but used to connect to GPS device and track the
position using maps in database. At that moment, it can also read GPS data in NMEA [National Marine Electronics
Association] standards from serial or can be an GPS file across the network. GPS receiver uses the data for tracking the
real time position and information of human being. The data can be position, time, velocity. The main feature is to
display the maps with the help of digital Atlas. These maps are shown in different scales and if any of the map are
missing then the scale larger then that is shown instead of black screen. It can also download single or multiple maps
with the help of Expedia Map Server.
3. Open GTS:GTS is nothing but GPS Tracking System. It is an open source GPS tracking system for tracing the persons position. It
requires the internet access.
III. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
In our project, GPS is used to monitor the persons location anywhere on earth. The who has to be located must have
GSM model with SIM GPRS enabled. The GPS consist of GPS Transmitter and GPS Receiver. In other words, the
GPS unit simply measures the travel time of the signals transmitted from the satellites, then multiplies them by the
speed of light to determine exactly how far the unit is from every satellite its sampling. By locking onto the signals
from a minimum of three different satellites, a GPS receiver can calculate a 2D (two-dimensional) positional fix,
consisting of your latitude and longitude.
So, GPS is the simple unit which triangulates the position of person. GPS Receiver receives the human longitude and
latitude from satellite through GPS Antenna. GPS receiver is interfaced with the ARM through RS232 converter. RS
232 converter is used to convert RS232 logic to TTL logic vice versa because GPS receiver is the RS232 logic and
ARM-7 is the TTL logic.
Then the receiver sends the received signal to ARM-7. Here the ARM-7 is the flash type reprogrammable ARM-7 in
which we have already programmed. Now the ARM-7 displays the persons tracking on the LCD display. Then position
information signal is transmitted through GSM network. The tracking the persons having GPS and GSM from that in
PC we can monitor the human current position on the earth.

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Figure 1:. System Architecture

As shown in figure1; it works on mainly two different phases. First is tracking phase and second one is the mapping
phase.
In first phase i.e. Tracking Phase the persons having the GPS application which can trace the location of other person
with the GSM module having SIM900 (Subscriber Identification Module) with internet access. It also includes the
current location along with the help of GPRS system.
In the second phase i.e. Mapping Phase, it shows the current location which is shown by GPS will be displayed on
Google Earth. The wide usage of GSM and GPS systems by millions of people throughout the world is for vehicle
tracking and school kids and everyone can buy as per their need.
GSM networks consist of three major systems the Switching System (SS), Base station (BS) and the Mobile Station
(MS). GSM Module is just like mobile system which consists of SIM card which can be placed in SIM card slot. This
method of communication allows a path to be established between two devices. Once the two devices are connected, a
constant stream of digital data is relayed.
A GSM modem is a specialized type of modem which accepts a SIM card, and operates over a subscription to a mobile
operator, just like a mobile phone. GSM uses a process called Switching.
IV. SIMULATION AND RESULTS
In the below shows Fig. 2 proper results and working of our system in form of figures. In fig (a) Tracking position of
person. The base station will be tracking the position of persons location with the help of GPS and GSM. In fig. (b)
How GPRS works. In this service the data will be received via GPS and will then be transmitted by GPRS to user end.
In fig. (c)Tracking System

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Figure:. (a)
Figure:. (b)

Figure:. (c)
Figure 2: Tracking system results (a) Tracking Position of person (b) How GPRS works (c) Tracking System.
In below figure, shows the actual demo of our system. It consist of ARM processor board , LCD board and GPS/GSM
module for tracking purpose.

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Figure (a)

Figure (b)
Figure 3: (a) , (b) Demo of system.
V. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The work produced in this report would not have been completed without the encouragement and support of many
people who gave their precious time & encouragement throughout this period. We would like to sincerely thank our
project guide Prof. S.J. Jadhav for the patience she showed during the process of preparation of project from initial
conception to final design & construction. We would also like to extend our gratefulness to the head of department
Prof. S.T. Bhoi . We would also like to thank the teaching & non-teaching staff. We would also like to express sincere
gratitude towards the core of our heart principal Dr. D.P. Joshi for being supportive and always encouraging. Last but
not the least, the backbone of our success and confidence lies solely on blessings of our parents.
VI. CONCLUSION
It provides more security than other system and from the remote place we can access the system. The tracking system
GPS/GSM enabled personal tracker is a low cost system.However, this system is also useful for some confidential
issues such as real time people exact location in natural calamity and also consumes less power as the ARM-7 (LPC
2148), GPS and SIM 900 Modem consumes less power and can be used in sleep mode too.Tracking system is
becoming increasingly important in large cities such as in variousApplications include tracking of school kids and
people can watch them by staying in their home. From this tracking system, the current location of a person will be
displayed via Google earth with the help of GPS database and GSM. Thus, we can easily monitor the human being
anywhere on the earth with high accuracy.
VII.

FUTURE SCOPE

1.
The scope of this project is to study and design the GPS/GSM enabled Personal Tracking system that can give
an output of the information such as time, position and speed from the GPS receiver.
2.

This system can be useful for vehicle tracking.

3.

Tracking of soldiers in patrolling during border security.

4.
In future, this entire tracking system can be tries to make in compact size, light weight, more accuracy and in
real time response.

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