LBS for Fleet Tracking and Management Services through the Internet

Abstract. In this paper a fleet tracking and monitoring system enabled to Internet is presented. For this kind of systems, it is necessary to integrate different technologies to offer the required basic functionality (wireless communication, GPS, GIS,…). These technologies enable the acquisition of vehicle locations in real time and the visualization of vehicles in a map. The need to optimize service costs, have persuaded many enterprises to integrate tracking and fleet control systems with their information systems. On the other hand, in many occasions it is more interesting to receive tracking services by means of third providers through Internet than have all the required infrastructure. Besides, to permit remote users access to the system through Internet, the previou