Raspberry PI as a tool supporting real-time tracking

Abstract

In the article a functional GPS locator description has been presented based on microcomputer Raspberry PI, which can transfer your localization using GSM technology and visualize GPS data in real-time e.g. with Google maps. Normally when using car navigation system or mobile one it?s displaying our localization on map and showing the best path connected to the distance and other factors from our place to the destination one. The locator instead can be used to track objects or people. It?s worth to mention that in the contrary to the GPS we do not have to be physically close to it in order to get data, because it can send data in the stream mode through the internet. Since implementation of the GPS systems into the market consumers and companies try to outdo each other in inventing new modern ways of using this technology in day-to-day life. Navigation systems and tracking ones prevent us from getting lost, when we are in unknown places, they monitor children when they are out of home. They sup-port vehicles tracking all the time, therefore they are one of the most effective ways of increasing quality and efficiency of the management systems used in logistics. They enable better searching and materials management as well as faster information gathering through modern technology usage.