[TriLUG] rfp for lamp based db for gps

Joseph Mack NA3T jmack at wm7d.net
Fri Nov 4 09:09:29 EST 2005


On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Jim Ray wrote:

> any proposals from folks familiar with the tasks at hand?

I was talking to a guy from LinuxCare (used to be a big 
company in the days of the bubble) at OLS. They're doing the 
same thing with school buses, so the school/parents know 
where the kids/buses are in real time. Each kid has a card 
(rfid?) that they wave at a reader as they get on/off.

The bus sends back data every minute or so (cell phone?) 
telling the school where it is and giving an inventory of 
kids.

They also have a cam on board taking shots 15/sec showing
that a kid really did get on and off and which will transmit
in real time (driver presses a button) if there's some sort
of altercation on board (kids get rowdy, hijacking).

Joe

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