TRACK YOUR BUDDIES

Abstract

In current system, in order to find out the location of friends, user need to call and ask friend about his/her where abouts. The proposed system will help user to find out friends locations as well as the distance from users location. The proposed system will also allow user to see all friends on Google map as well. If user wants to meet a friend or needs help he/she can find the location of friend who is nearest to the user and can automatically send a message asking the friend to meet or help. A user can also make a group of selected friends and locate them. Overview The application Track Your Buddies will solve all these problems. It will offer below services 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Allows user to select friend for his location updates. Uploads users current location at specific frequency. Get friends current location Shows friends location on Google Map. Shows distance in kilometers for friends away from user. Allows to send a template message to the selected friend or group of friends.

Mobile Application:

Android Google API. GPS (for getting users current location) GPRS (for internet connectivity between mobile and server)

Server Application:

WCF: (Windows communication Foundation) REST service. REST: (Representational State Transfer protocol)

Hardware Requirements

Mobile which has below features (The app can also run on emulator)

a. GPS b. GPRS c. Android phone

Software Requirements

a. Android SDK 1.5 or above. b. Eclipse IDE c. VS 2008 d. SQL Server 2000 or above