Khoj: A GPS Based SMS Enabled ATM Tracking System - Final Year Project Report (CSC-404) 

Abstract

The motivation for every location based information system is to assist with the exact
information, at right place in real time with personalized setup and location
sensitiveness. Mobile applications can be one of the best ways to keep consumers
engaged with a brand as they are on the move. With the increase in demand for
smartphones and efficiency of wireless networks, the demand for mobile applications
has increased incredibly. Android is one of the most popular open source platforms that
offers the developer’s full access to the framework API’s so as to build innovative
applications.
This report describes “Khoj”, a GPS based mobile application built on the Android
platform that provides location-based services for retrieving map-based directions. The
main aim of this project is to build an Android application that helps the users to find
direction of nearest ATMs of a particular bank. Mapping enables the user to visualize
the relative geographic location in real time. The Location Based Service is used to
identify the current location of the user. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a
space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information
anywhere on the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS
satellites. It is freely accessible by anyone with a GPS receiver. The position is then
displayed, perhaps with a moving map display or latitude and longitude. Once the
location of the user is retrieved, he is provided with the options to select the required
bank. The application then lists the ten nearest ATMs of the corresponding bank in
ascending order with respect to the distance of the ATM from user’s current location.
Google Map API is then used to display the route of each ATM to the user.
In addition, for the availability and simplification of the service for all kind of mobile
phone users, a short code message service is provided, in which the users will be able
to query the ATM locations of the particular bank and get the five nearest ATM
locations of the preferred bank from the user’s current location via the SMS service.