One of the requirements, identified during consultations
with students was the need for Latrobe specific public transport information.
LTU runs a free campus bus at the Bundoora campus. The bus runs to a static
timetable. With the advent of relatively cheap hardware for the burgeoning
“Internet of Things” market it is now possible to create a real time departure
time system. Data from this system could be exposed via the student portal.
The system would operate in this manner:
Bluetooth beacons will be installed at every bus stop. A low
cost Wi-Fi / Bluetooth device –perhaps Raspberry PI will be installed on the
Glider bus. When the bus is in range of a stop the onboard device will read a
stop id on the Bluetooth beacon at the stop. The device will then send the id
and times via Wi-Fi network to a server which will take the data received and
interpolate bus departure times for subsequent stops. The server will expose
the interpolated departure times as a JSON file via a web service. The JSON
data will be consumed by a widget in the student portal. Students will be able
to look at the departure times on their phone.
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