1. Traffic Update Rob Whitten CpSc 463 Clemson University 8/4/04

2. Outline ► Problem Statement ► Tools Used ► How Project Works  SMS (Text Messaging)  Connecting to Websites  Formatting Data  Database ► Project Demonstration

3. Outline ► Conclusion ► Future Work ► Acknowledgements ► Questions

4. Problem Statement ► Project Concept  Use  Need

5. Tools Used ► ASP.NET ► MS SQL ► UNIX Scripts ► C++

6. SMS ► Building a MailMessage  To  From  Subject  Body  Format  SMTP Server (mail.clemson.edu)

7. SMS ► How SMS Works  MailMessage  Email  Service Provider  Cell Phone

8. Traffic Updates ► South Carolina  C++ Program  Shell Script /usr/local/bin/lynx -dump "http://www.dot.state.sc.us/getting/interstate_traffic.asp" > /home/whitter/public_html/cs463/sc/traffic.txt

9. Traffic Updates ► Georgia  C++ Program  Shell Script /usr/local/bin/lynx -dump "http://data.georgia- navigator.com/pub/data/inc.xml.gz" > /home/whitter/public_html/cs463/ga/gaRoad.xml.gz gunzip -f /home/whitter/public_html/cs463/ga/gaRoad.xml.gz grep description /home/whitter/public_html/cs463/ga/gaRoad.xml > /home/whitter/public_html/cs463/ga/gaRoad.txt

10. Database ► Tables  Member ► User Information  Trip ► Roads ► Times

11. Demonstration ► Website http://hogwarts.cs.clemson.edu/whitter/traffic_update/logi n.aspx http://hogwarts.cs.clemson.edu/whitter/traffic_update/logi n.aspx http://hogwarts.cs.clemson.edu/whitter/traffic_update/logi n.aspx

12. Conclusion ► Thread.Sleep() not efficient ► Email Easier then SMS

13. Future Work ► Images ► Cell Phone Interface  Turn off  Reverse route ► Eliminate Trip Planner  Use GPS

14. Acknowledgments ► Josh Austin ► Rashmy Appaneravada ► Jason Mikell ► He Zheng

15. Acknowledgments ► Georgia Department of Transportation ► South Carolina Department of Transportation ► North Carolina Department of Transportation

16. Questions ??