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Track: New Technology and Technology Integration
Steven Honkus
Honkus & Associates, Inc.
4173 Bluebonnet Drive
Stafford, TX 77477
Telephone: 281-494-4771
Fax: 281-494-4747
E-mail: shonkus@nol.net
GPS-MAP (MV) for ArcView-GPS Real-Time Navigation and Tracking Application with Multivehicle Support
Defining Issue: The use of GPS with ArcView offers a tremendous potential for a wide variety of applications. Most available solutions are very focused on a particular vertical such as fleet management, emergency response, field data collections, and so forth. A more generic approach was taken to allow the user to incorporate a wide variety of commercial GPS and communication equipment into one commercial application that can be configured by the user or systems integrator to meet a wide variety of real-time applications. GIS Solution: GPS receivers are but one component to a total application solution. There is an abundance of inexpensive GPS receivers designed for a wide variety of user applications. What is often lacking is an effective "link" between the GPS receiver data and the user's desired application. All too often users are directed to purchase manufacturer's specific or recommended software and hardware configurations for a particular application(s). Two Windows-based software programs,
GPS-LINK and GPS-MAP(MV) for ArcView, were designed to act as this missing link between the user's GPS receiver and a real-time navigation, mapping, or remote tracking application. GPS-LINK can effectively accept GPS data from a wide variety of GPS formats and allow the user to use the data as required for his/her specific application. Now for the first time users can use one application program in ArcView to navigate in real-time, create map data in real-time, collect field location and sensor data, and track single or multiple remote vessels or vehicles in real-time. The GPS-MAP(MV) application for ArcView offers a new level of functionality for using ArcView for real-time applications and can be used in both a mobile or base station mode. The technical paper will discuss the specific design and features of the GPS-LINK and GPS-MAP(MV) program and preview some sample configurations and applications currently being used including real-time navigation, field data collection, pipeline and routing, and
vehicle tracking. Software: The application programs were written using Visual Basic, C++, and Avenue and are very modular in design. The user may use GPS-LINK in conjunction with GIS-MAP(MV) or use each as a stand-alone application or in conjunction with other user applications.
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