A Research on Mobile Applications for Location Tracking through Web Server and Short Messages Services (SMS)

Authors

  • Salman Khan Department of Computer Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
  • Waheed Ahmad
  • Riaz Ali
  • Salman Saleem
  • Salman Saleem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtse.v7i2.369

Abstract

This paper aims to develop an android application for android operating system (OS) platform that automatically send the current address location of the user to the server database and can also be sent periodically through SMS (short message services) to store mobile numbers by the user. Location of mobile device is in the form of latitude and longitude which is converted into full address by this application that includes country/state, city, and street number. In case of emergency the user can simply press the emergency button and the application will automatically send SMS alert including location address to the store mobile numbers that might be a police station or close relative. Another way to trace the user is the web server database which keeps updating the location address as long as the application is connected or last location address. The design shows how to implement and develop this app and has been tested on few mobile devices it well be tested on huge number of mobile devices later.

 

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Published

2015-11-02

How to Cite

Khan, S., Ahmad, W., Ali, R., Saleem, S., & Saleem, S. (2015). A Research on Mobile Applications for Location Tracking through Web Server and Short Messages Services (SMS). VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, 3(1), 37–42. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtse.v7i2.369

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): January-December

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