Web-Based Location Tracking and Navigation System

The project ‘Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Location Tracking and Navigation

System’ aims to develop a real-time tracking and navigation system that utilizes web

technologies to provide accurate location information and directions to users. To ensure the

safety of people, goods, and vehicles, there is a need for an innovative solution to address

navigational difficulties. Thus, a web-based location tracking system was created that tracks

and navigates the location of a user, vehicle, or goods. The system uses Global Positioning

System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) to track and position

users. The tracking device, made up of an Arduino Uno R3, SIM800L module, and NEO 6M

GPS module, continuously monitors a moving user by interfacing serially with a GSM module

and GPS module. The GPS module provides data like longitude and latitude, while the GSM

module sends the user's position to a remote place. The user’s position can be viewed on a

digital map using Google Maps API. The software includes a web application with Nodejs as

the backend server and Firebase as the database host, while the frontend is developed using

HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP framework, and JavaScript with Google Maps API embedded.

The Firebase real-time database stores all GPS data and the Google Map API displays the

location information on a Google Map. Test and Simulation were carried out in various areas

of Ogun State to show the project’s flexibility and ease of use, the proposed system will offer

an efficient and reliable way of navigating unfamiliar locations and will be useful tool for both

individual and commercial use.