Implementation and Development of Vehicle Tracking and Immobilization Technologies

Since the mid-1980s, limited use has been made of vehicle tracking using satellite communications to mitigate the security and safety risks created by the highway transportation of certain types of hazardous materials. However, vehicle-tracking technology applied to safety and security is increasingly being researched and piloted, and it has been the subject of several government reports and legislative mandates. At the same time, the motor carrier industry has been investing in and implementing vehicle tracking, for a number of reasons, particularly the increase in efficiency achieved through better management of both personnel (drivers) and assets (trucks or, as they are known, tractors; cargo loads; and trailers). While vehicle tracking and immobilization technologies can play a significant role in preventing truck-borne hazardous materials from being used as weapons against key targets, they are not a & ”silver bullet.” However, the experience of DTTS and the FMCSA and TSA pilot projects indicates that when these technologies are combined with other security measures, and when the information they provide is used in conjunction with information supplied outside of the tracking system, they can provide defensive value to any effort to protect assets from attacks using hazmat as a weapon. This report is a sister publication to MTI Report 09-03, Potential Terrorist Uses of Highway-Borne Hazardous Materials. That publication was created in response to the Department of Homeland Security´s request that the Mineta Transportation Institute´s National Transportation Security Center of Excellence provide research and insights regarding the security risks created by the highway transportation of hazardous materials

Social Equity Impacts of Congestion Management Strategies

This white paper examines the social equity impacts of various congestion management strategies. The paper includes a comprehensive list of 30 congestion management strategies and a discussion of equity implications related to each strategy. The authors analyze existing literature and incorporate findings from 12 expert interviews from academic, non-governmental organization (NGO), public, and private sector respondents to strengthen results and fill gaps in understanding. The literature review applies the Spatial – Temporal – Economic – Physiological – Social (STEPS) Equity Framework (Shaheen et al., 2017) to identify impacts and classify whether social equity barriers are reduced, exacerbated, or both by a particular congestion mitigation measure. The congestion management strategies discussed are grouped into six main categories, including: 1) pricing, 2) parking and curb policies, 3) operational strategies, 4) infrastructure changes, 5) transportation services and strategies, and 6) conventional taxation. The findings show that the social equity impacts of certain congestion management strategies are not well understood, at present, and further empirical research is needed. Congestion mitigation measures have the potential to affect travel costs, commute times, housing, and accessibility in ways that are distinctly positive or negative for different populations. For these reasons, social equity implications of congestion management strategies should be understood and mitigated for in planning and implementation of these strategies

The Use of Geofencing in Android-Based Mobile Applications for Promotional Ads in Shopping Centers

This paper describes the implementation of geofencing technology in Android-based mobile applications for promotional advertisements based on the user's location. Geofencing is a location-based service that uses GPS, cellular networks, or Wi-Fi to create virtual geographic boundaries around specific locations. This technology enables businesses to send targeted advertisements to mobile users based on their current location. The paper presents the development of an Android-based mobile application that uses geofencing technology to provide location-based promotional advertisements to users. Researchers use one of the big shopping centers in Jakarta as a location object for geofencing technology. The application uses Google Maps and Firebase to create geofences around specific locations, and then sends push notifications to users within the geofenced areas. The implementation also includes a backend system to manage the promotional advertisements and user data. The results show that the implementation of geofencing technology in Android-based mobile applications can provide a more targeted and effective way to deliver promotional advertisements to users

GEOFENCING AS APPLIED WITHIN THE FIELD OF CYBERSECURITY: AN OVERVIEW OF POTENTIAL RISKS AND ADVANTAGES

This culminating experience project explores geofencing as a potential risk and advantageous tool within the field of cybersecurity. Geofencing is defined here as a software program feature that allows its users to collect and deliver data within a specific targeted geographical area. Currently used applications are addressed from a cybersecurity mindset by applying the hacker methodology to demonstrate the potential threat. Additionally, geofencing is applied to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to demonstrate potential benefits for cyber defence. Finally, vulnerabilities associated with applying geofencing to cyber defense, and its potential implications on privacy and cybersecurity laws is discussed and recommendations for further research are suggested. Key findings include: Demonstrating geofencing as an unknown threat in the field of cybersecurity, suggesting attention be dedicated to the type of data that is collected and the safety measures protecting that data. Geofencing can be used as a tool to defend as well as support risk management. By using it as a source of data collection, decisions can be implemented to better manage the risk of devices entering and leaving a specified geographical area. Geofencing can provide data that falls into Personally Identifiable Information (PII) which should make it regulated under most privacy laws. Current privacy policies and laws are insufficient when the scope of geofencing is applied to current methodologies. Geofencing must be regulated in a fashion that ensures data collected is necessary and relevant, and that the data is kept safe from potential threats

Applied Of Geofencing In Microcontroller With Linear Inequality Approach Of Two Variables

Geofencing merupakan suatu batas virtual yang mengelilingi sebuah area geografis. Area geografis terdiri-dari banyak titik yang mana nilai titik dapat diketahui dengan menggunakan perangkat GPS (Global Potisioning System). Sekarang ini perangkat GPS sudah ada yang berbentuk hanya modul GPS saja, sehingga bisa dikembangkan secara mandiri sesuai kebutuhan. Contoh dari modul tersebut adalah modul GPS GY-NEO6MV2 (Ublox NEO6MV2). Modul ini dapat berkomunikasi dengan mikrokontroler melalui komunikasi serial. Untuk itu penerapan geofencing ke mikrokontroler dapat dilakukan. Wilayah geofencing-nya berbentuk segitiga sembarang yang lokasinya di sekitar kampus Politeknik Negeri Medan, dimana pendekatan Pertidaksamaan Linear Dua Variabel digunakan dalam menentukan wilayah tersebut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah  research and development (R&D). Total rata-rata penyimpangan titik ukur jika dibandingkan dengan GPS buatan pabrik adalah 6,455127033 meter. Dan sistem memberikan indikator OUT jika berada di luar wilayah geofencing dan indikator IN jika berada di dalam wilayah geofencing

Geofencing in the GCC and China: A Marketing Trend That’s Not Going Away

This research discusses an emergent marketing trend which is revolutionizing the way in which bricks and mortars retailers are reaching their consumers. This emergent marketing trend falls into the mobile marketing classification and is identified as geofencing. Geofencing is identified as the development of a virtual boundary around a predetermined area be it a single building, shopping center or a section of a municipality. This boundary is developed through the combination of geolocation technology involving GPS, smartphones and the integration of other communication based services such as text, email and social media and so forth. A case study involving the use of a geofence by a bike-sharing company in China, ofo, is utilized to demonstrate how geofencing can be integrated into particular business models. In this case, ofo uses geofencing to monitor specific bike inventories by area and to ensure that its consumers in each area return the inventory to the appropriate market. This case, in turn, is then compared to how geofencing can be developed and applied in a market as diverse as the Gulf Cooperation Council or the GCC which consists of six member states with Saudi Arabia being the largest and most important. In this instance, the use of a geofence and geofencing technology is shown to be relevant with respect to Saudi Arabia’s retail sector which is burgeoning at a rapid pace. Geofencing allows retailers to notify consumers directly via SMS, MMS, email or social media notification of some sort of specials, sales or discounts at a given retailer when the consumer passes near that retailer. Finally, this report also discusses the direction that this geofencing technology within the context of marketing is taking and may take in the future. This includes some discussion about the integration of augmented reality into the framework of geofencing and so forth

Responses to Questions Asked by BIS Ahead of Challenger Business Programme – UAV Workshop, 23/11/15

This document is the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Civic Drone Centre’s responses to the questions asked by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) prior to Challenger Business Programme – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Workshop event to be held on 23 November 2015, 10am-2pm at the BIS Conference Centre1. As a university based research centre we are providing our responses based upon the university’s research, engagement with industry, and through the industrial experience of our staff members

Challenges and needs of European cities in using geofencing for urban traffic management

This report presents the results and analysis of exploratory interviews and a questionnaire survey among transport experts and professionals in Europe dealing with geofencing in urban transport management. As part of the European collaboration project GeoSence - "Geofencing strategies for implementation in urban traffic management and planning", the report contributes to a first step of solving the problems by identifying and exploring the challenges and needs of transport authorities. Starting from the cities' biggest traffic challenges, as experienced by municipalities and cities, but also from the perspective of regional and national authorities, the report focuses mainly on geofencing and its following unresolved implementation issues, such as lack of regulation, an issue prevalent across both experienced and less experienced users of geofencing, GNSS accuracy and infrastructure, user acceptance, costs, knowledge and various practicalities. In the discussion section we synthesise how to overcome some of the barriers and how to tackle those needs suggested by the informants, as well as presenting risks and possible mitigation options, and a transferability analysis for cities that do not use geofencing yet. While findings show the applications of geofencing for micro-mobility and parking as the most transferable use case, the case also is an example of how regulation and the legal framework would need to keep pace with the development of the practical solutions. In conclusion, several recommendations are derived, including the need for investing in digital infrastructure in European cities, and further developments matching digital and physical infrastructure to achieve the potential for geofencing. Further, increasing municipalities capacity for knowledge building- and sharing, starting new geofencing real traffic trials, as well as scaling up and transferring existing and good functioning solutions will be key.publishedVersio

Al-Robotics team: A cooperative multi-unmanned aerial vehicle approach for the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotic Challenge

The Al-Robotics team was selected as one of the 25 finalist teams out of 143 applications received to participate in the first edition of the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotic Challenge (MBZIRC), held in 2017. In particular, one of the competition Challenges offered us the opportunity to develop a cooperative approach with multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) searching, picking up, and dropping static and moving objects. This paper presents the approach that our team Al-Robotics followed to address that Challenge 3 of the MBZIRC. First, we overview the overall architecture of the system, with the different modules involved. Second, we describe the procedure that we followed to design the aerial platforms, as well as all their onboard components. Then, we explain the techniques that we used to develop the software functionalities of the system. Finally, we discuss our experimental results and the lessons that we learned before and during the competition. The cooperative approach was validated with fully autonomous missions in experiments previous to the actual competition. We also analyze the results that we obtained during the competition trials.Unión Europea H2020 73166