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Tristan Gibeau. UCF Parking Route and Heat Maps. Crazy Ridicules Time Consuming . Parking on UCF Campus. = JUST BAD. HumorOnline.com. Create Heat Maps Usage in parking lots & garages Row detail in lots Display Routing Data Show the paths traveled to park on campus
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Tristan Gibeau UCF Parking Route and Heat Maps
Crazy Ridicules Time Consuming Parking on UCF Campus = JUST BAD HumorOnline.com
Create Heat Maps • Usage in parking lots & garages • Row detail in lots • Display Routing Data • Show the paths traveled to park on campus • Mark the spaces parked My Solution
NAPA: Nearest Available Parking Lot App • University of California, Santa Barbra • Utilized mobile devices to assist to find nearest parking area • Collecting Activity Data from GPS Readings • Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Irvine • Uses GPS recording devices to collect travel data from the user for route usage • JJRT Smart Garage • University of Central Florida • Implemented in parking garages to keep track of active parking spaces to guide drivers to empty spaces Similar Work
iPhone & Android Web App • Geo-location via GPS • Calculates current location • Lot/Row & Garage Detection • User Web Portal • Allow users to view parking data • Display Overlaid Google Maps Design
Web App vs. Device App • Pros • Easier to distribute to large audience • No need to install • Updates pushed out easily • Cons • Phone sleep issue • Can’t run in background • iPhone kind of does iPhone & Android Web App
Web Geolocation • API specification for Firefox & iPhone Safari • GPS Coordinates • Acquired from • WiFi • Cell Triangulation • GPS • Barycentric Coordinates • Split quadrilateral into two triangles • Used to detect if a point is inside a “square” iPhone & Android Web App 2 1
Parking Lot & Garage Detection • Steps Taken • Located in Garage or Lot • If in a Garage • Record time spent • If in Lot • Detect which row & store time • Error Detection • Only Store Lot/Row & Garage Time • If time spent is longer than 10 seconds iPhone & Android Web App
Parking Route Storage • Detect when on campus • Stores GPS location every 5 seconds • Does not store when traveling less than 1 MPH • GPS Accuracy • Detection • Only when accuracy is within 5 meters • Garage Issue • When signal is lost • Counters still continue until signal reacquisition iPhone & Android Web App
MySQL Database Storage • When user Parks • Data Uploaded to Server • Time of Day • Total Time of Trip • Lot/Row & Garage Time • GPS Route Info iPhone & Android Web App
Server • Apache • HTML Server • PHP & MySQL Database • Stores time & route info • PHP utilized for MySQL queries & webpage backend • User Interface • HTML/PHP Website • Display Overlaid Lot & Route Google Maps • Displayed at user specific times and day User Web Portal
Display Lot/Garage Data • Allow Users to select day and time • Visual understanding of lot/garage usage • Overlay Parking Route • Allow Users to select day and time • Show most travel paths User Web Portal
Used by 5 people • 3 Students • 2 Staff • Primarily Tristan • Currently collected • 35 Trips • 177 Lot/Garage Time Data • Over 2000 GPS Points Evaluation & Testing
Larger User Base • Least 500 • Run as Background Process • No user interaction • Work with UCF Parking Services Perfect Scenario & Future Work