Mobile GIS for Military Services: Tracking & Navigating Soldier Using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

Mobile Geographical Information System (GIS) for Military Services: Tracking &
Navigating Soldier Using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) (MGMS) is a system for
tracking and monitoring troop's movement in defense area. The system provides the
exact location of the troop based on latitude or longitude coordinates on a digital map.
The digital map is attached to PDA with a Global Positioning System (GPS) connection
and a server (laptop/desktop) as the monitoring center. This system provides users with
the opportunity to experience a wireless communication system using either Global
System for Communication (GSM) modem or Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) that enables
monitoring center to track the exact location or movement of object with the connection
of GPS in real-time environment. This system will also enable communication between
the troops (through the PDA) and their monitoring center (tlirough laptop/desktop) by
sending text messages using the windows socket as a medium. The GSM modem or
Wi-Fi is used to establish a wireless connection between the PDA and laptop/desktop
(monitoring center). This project has been successfully completed and focuses only on
the tracking of a single object. However, the concepts explored can be expanded to
tracking multiple objects. In addition, several recommendations have been proposed to
improve the current system to be more reliable and presentable.