Geo Fencing App

GeoFencing Application provides location based services like remote control and lets you to create your own “Geo Messages”, so you can use your location to trigger SMS’s to yourself or to your close ones. It sends you reminders, checklist or notes when you arrive at office, store, or any pre defined destination. When you pass any billboards you will receive cool offers or deals or promotional messages.

APPLICATION OBJECTIVE:

GeoFencing is a software program that uses the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) to setup a virtual perimeter around a location. The client come up with an idea of getting a message on your cellphone with a deal when you pass by a store, family alerted when you are coming home, your boss get informed that you are now in office premises etc.

CHALLENGES:

• Battery Consumption: Application continuously needs to monitor the location of the user and for getting accurate location GPS would be used but GPS is more mobile battery consuming.
• Accurate Location: GPS does not provide accurate location inside a premises or a covered area.
• Trigger multiple messages on geo fence border location – When you are exactly on the border of a geofence, application might trigger multiple SMS since accuracy of GPS is in meters hence it might be possible that some times GPS provides you the location of outside fencing and sometime inside fencing of the Geofence Circle.
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