CHILD TRACKING APPLICATION USING GEO

FENCING TECHNIQUE

ALIM SOLEHIN BIN TARMIZI

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

(SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT)

UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN

2017

CHILD TRACKING APPLICATION USING GEO FENCING TECHNIQUE

ALIM SOLEHIN BIN TARMIZI

Bachelor of Computer Science (Internet Computing)

Faculty of Informatics and Computing

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

MAY 2017

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this work have been done by myself and no portion of the work

contained in this thesis has been submitted in support of any application for any other degree or

qualification of this or any other university.

____________________

ALIM SOLEHIN BIN TARMIZI

Faculty of Information Science & Technology

UNISZA

Date:

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CONFIRMATION

This is to confirm that:

The research conducted and the writing of this report was under my supervison.

________________________________

Name : ..................................................

Date : ..................................................

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Firstly and foremost praised to Allah, for giving me the opportunity to complete my final

year project, Child Tracking Application For Safety Using Geo Fencing Technique for give me

the strength and ability to finish this report. I also would like to express my gratitude to my

supervisor, Dr. Mokhairi bin Makhtar for valuable advice, guidance and ideas given through the

development of research until end of my final year project. In addition, thanks for my friend and

family that give courage and motivation during my research.

Finally, special thanks to all lecturers that correct my research during my presentation on

Child Tracking Application Using Geo Fencing Technique.

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ABSTRACT

Nowadays child security has become a greater issue. Cases of missing children,

kidnapping them between the ages 14 to 17 years old has increased. Thus, this problem creates a

panic and parents become scared to let their children go anywhere. Furthermore, this becomes

serious issue among the problems in Malaysia. So, this paper presents a mobile application based

solution to aid parents track the real time location of their children. Smartphone become an

important gadget to teenagers and this method will decreased this serious issues. The objective is

to provide an alternative for parents to track their children location more efficient and reliable.

Waterfall methodology will be used to formulate this project as to know what suitable utility will

be added to the application. The scope is parents can acknowledge children location and the

route they take. This application not provided with messaging capability as it function to detect

location. The good things on this application is parents can always real time monitoring their

children location, locate and detect if they going to some other places than they usually do and

can prevent kidnapping when they can locate and tell police about their children location.

Outcome that is expected from this project is parents can save their children from becoming

kidnapping victim before it is too late. As for conclusion, security and awareness of our children

safety is most precious than any other things that and this project hopefully can save children and

create a safer country.

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ABSTRAK

Pada masa kini, keselamatan kanak-kanak telah menjadi isu yang sangat besar. Kes

kanak-kanak hilang, penculikanang berlaku pada yang berumur di antara 14 hingga 17 tahun

telah meningkat. Oleh itu, masalah ini mewujudkan keadaan panik dan ibu bapa menjadi takut

untuk membiarkan anak mereka ke mana-mana. Tambahan pula, ini menjadi isu yang sangat

serius antara masalah dalam Malaysia. Jadi, projek ini membentangkan penyelesaian berasaskan

aplikasi mudah alih untuk membantu ibu bapa mengesan lokasi masa sebenar anak-anak mereka.

Telefon bimbit menjadi alat yang penting untuk remaja dan kaedah ini akan menurunkan kadar

masalah ini. Objektifnya adalah untuk menyediakan alternatif bagi ibu bapa untuk mengesan

lokasi anak-anak mereka lebih cekap dan cepat. Metodologi waterfall akan digunakan untuk

merangka projek ini untuk mengetahui apa utility yang sesuai dan akan ditambah dalam aplikasi.

Skop ibu bapa adalah boleh mengetahui lokasi anak dan laluan yang mereka ambil. Aplikasi ini

tidak disediakan dengan keupayaan mesej kerana ia berfungsi untuk mengesan lokasi. Kelebihan

aplikasi ini adalah ibu bapa boleh sentiasa memantau lokasi anak-anak mereka, mencari dan

mengesan jika mereka pergi ke beberapa tempat-tempat lain daripada mereka biasanya pergi dan

boleh mencegah penculikan apabila mereka boleh mencari dan memberitahu polis mengenai

lokasi anak-anak mereka dengan segera. Hasil yang dijangka daripada projek ini adalah ibu bapa

boleh menyelamatkan anak-anak mereka daripada menjadi mangsa penculikan sebelum ia

terlambat. Sebagai kesimpulan, keselamatan dan kesedaran tentang kanak-kanak adalah perkara

yang paling berharga dan projek ini diharap dapat menyelamatkan kanak-kanak dan mewujudkan

negara yang lebih selamat.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION 1

CONFIRMATION 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3

ABSTRACT 4

ABSTRAK 5

TABLE OF CONTENT 6

DIAGRAM LIST 8

CHAPTER 19 INTRODUCTION 9

1.1 OVERVIEW 9

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 12

1.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES 13

1.4 PROJECT SCOPE 13

1.4.1 User Scope 14

1.4.2 System Scope 14

1.4.3 Device Scope 14

1.5 LIMITATION OF WORK 15

1.5.1 Not provide online messaging and call capabilities 15

1.5.2 Mobile phone is shutdown 15

1.6 SUMMARY 16

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 17

2.1 INTRODUCTION 17

2.2 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 19

2.3 ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM 21

2.4 GEO FENCING 22

2.5 SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW 24

1. Android Parental Tracking 26

2. Child Tracking System on Mobile Terminal 27

3. GPS and SMS-Based Child Tracking System Using Smart Phone 28

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4. Child Tracking Application Using Geo Fencing Technique 28

2.6 SUMMARY 29

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 30

3.1 INTRODUCTION 30

3.2 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC) 31

3.3 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY/SOFTWARE 32

3.3.1 Initial Planning Phase 32

3.3.2 Planning 32

3.3.3 Analysis 32

3.3.4 Design 33

3.3.5 Implementation 33

3.4 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENT 33

3.4.1 Hardware Requirement 34

3.4.2 Software Requirement 34

3.5 SUMMARY 35

3.6 INTRODUCTION 36

3.7 CONTEXT DIAGRAM 37

3.8 DATA FLOW DIAGRAM (DFD) 38

3.9 ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (ERD) 40

3.10 DATABASE DESIGN SPECIFICATION 41

3.11 FRAMEWORK 42

3.12 INTERFACE DESIGN 45

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DIAGRAM LIST

Page Numbers

Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

Table 2.1: Summary of literature review 24

Table 2.1: Summary of literature review 25

Chapter 3: Methodology

Figure 3.1: System Development Life Cycle 31

Table 3.1: Hardware Requirement 34

Table 3.2: Software Requirement 34

Figure 3.2: Context Diagram 37

Figure 3.3: Data Flow Diagram 38

Figure 3.4: Entity Relationship Model 39

Table 3.3: Table Parent 41

Table 3.4: Table Children 41

Table 3.5: Table Location 41

Figure 3.5: Framework 42

Figure 3.6: Tracking Architecture 43

Figure 3.7: Geo Fencing Architecture 44

Figure 3.8: Login Interface 45

Figure 3.9: Register Interface 46

Figure 3.10: Main Menu Interface 47

Figure 3.11: Add Child Interface 48

Figure 3.12: Settings Interface 49

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW

For thousands of years, humans found their way by looking to the sky. Sailors used the

constellations, sun, and moon to navigate to distant shores. Today, all that's needed is a device

called a GPS receiver. GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and it lets us know where we

are and where we are going anywhere on Earth.

We still need objects in the sky to know where we are and how we get to other places, but

now we use satellites instead of stars. Over 30 GPS navigation satellites are whizzing around the

world, orbiting at an altitude of 12,000 miles, to help us find our way. The very first GPS system

was developed in the 1960s to allow ships in the US Navy to navigate the oceans more

accurately. The first system had five satellites and allowed ships to check their location once

every hour. Today, portable Navigation device devices can give drivers their precise location to

within a few meters, which is accurate enough to navigate roadways. In pursuing current

modernization, technology has successfully facilitated a variety in our daily life activities.

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GPS satellites are owned by the United States government. A few other countries are

working on new systems of their own, but right now the U.S. system is the only one used widely

around the world. The way how it works is a GPS receiver determines its location by analyzing

signals it receives from GPS satellites orbiting around Earth. Signals from satellites that are

farther away take longer to reach the GPS receiver. Distances to several satellites are calculated

based on the amount of time their signals took to reach the receiver. After determining its

distance from at least three satellites, the GPS receiver can calculate its own position using

triangulation.

One of the most amazing found in technology is Geo Fencing technique that nowadays

mostly used in security national defense. It is a feature in software program that uses the global

positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical

boundaries. While the technology is growing rapidly, the technique also now used in locate a

location of someone or vehicle that can be used for public.

Meanwhile, the Child Tracking Application for Safety Using Geo Fencing Technique is a

mobile application that developed to help track the problem of the missing children that occur

now days due to the unpredictable crime. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Masir Kujat said "Based

on police statistics, a total of 2015 children was reported missing in 2014, 1,782 cases reported

in 2015 and 140 cases was reported as of Jan this year," during Question Time with media(THE

STAR ONLINE) .

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This application is an android based application developed mainly for parents to pinpoint

and monitor their child location so that parents can always monitor their child location. Next, it is

real-time monitoring system embed in this application for better user experience. This

application also will alert parents if child out of parameter which already has been set by parents

using mobile phone.

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1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT

A total of 3,937 children, aged between 6 to 18 years old, have been reported missing

between 2014 until Jan 2015 with no chance of finding them back.

The problem is parents had no alternative on how to monitor their own kids. From this,

the children realize that parents did not know their where about thus the children act on their own

to go wherever they want. This could lead them easily become prey to kidnapping crime because

the children is own their own outside their parents supervision.

Furthermore, no fast action can be taken to prevent kidnapping before it too late for

parents to save their child. Parents can only call the authority and report about their missing

children without any possible lead about the location. This actually makes the investigation or

the process to locate and finding their children difficult thus time-consuming. An early

preparation or security measure is needed to avoid this kind of problem from occur.

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1.3 PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Basically, the objective of this system is to develop new system that replace the manual and

older system that fully depend on command line and request response system, which eventually

not efficient in today technology environment. The objectives of this project as follows:

1. To propose an alternative for parents to track their children location more efficient

and reliable using geo fencing

2. To design an application that alert parents about their own child movements

3. To develop a system that monitoring the child location besides respond to an alert

1.4 PROJECT SCOPE

The project scopes for this project are identified to make the development process more

systematically and easier through the entire development phase. Project scope as below:

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1.4.1 User Scope

Parents

o User must first register account before using the application

o User must insert children details before setting the application

o Add children account for parents that have more than one child

o Monitor child movement

1.4.2 System Scope

System

o Android based system and not support IOS

o Real-time data monitoring

1.4.3 Device Scope

Device

o Android phone only and not support Apple product

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1.5 LIMITATION OF WORK

Several limitations had been decided so that this system would not lead to process that

waste of time. These limitations in conducting this study are:

1.5.1 Not provide online messaging and call capabilities

This application will not have the capabilities for messaging and call capabilities. It will

focus only on monitoring real time and sending an alert to parent when their child is out from

boundary. As my project name, the application will only have capabilities to monitor and set

condition for alert thus calls and messaging capabilities will not include like many other tracking

applications.

1.5.2 Mobile phone is shutdown

Shut down or the mobile phone is off neither because of battery or the mobile phone user

do it itself will not allow the application to work. This is because all of the information or the

utility is application based not web based so user can only use it when the mobile phone is one.

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1.6 SUMMARY

In this chapter, the purpose for this project is to identify problems and find a ways to

overcome the problems that happen in our environment. Furthermore, this project functionality

and it limit were already identified thus will make the development phase more clearly and much

easier.

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 INTRODUCTION

A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and

sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period. It can be just a

simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both

summary and synthesis. People can use it as a guideline or a sample to upgrade or to develop a

new better system compared to the old one.

The main objective of literature review is:

It presents the literature in an organize way.

It surveys the literature in your chosen area of study.

It synthesis the information in that literature into a summary.

It critically analyses the information gathered by identifying gaps in current knowledge;

by showing limitations of theories and points of view; and by formulating areas for

further research and reviewing areas of controversy.

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Nowadays, there are many ways technologies and technique can be used to monitor and

track movement from afar. The efficiency depend on the technology used and what environment

to use so that the decision making is perfect and suitable. Furthermore, cost, coverage, and any

other factor plays an important role to the success of the project. Below are some of the research

and development that has been carried out by certain developer and also different approach

between them to complete their project.

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2.2 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

It is a worldwide navigation satellite system that provides geo-location and time

information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line

of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It operates independently of any telephonic or internet

reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning

information. The Global Positioning System (GPS) was conceived in the 1970s but not fully

operational (a minimum constellation of 24 satellites) until 1995. Receivers were close to five-

time as expensive to operate in the early days as now. The United States Navy conduct an

experiment in the mid 1960 to track US submarine carrying nuclear missiles.

In the early 1970's, the Department of Defense (DoD) wanted to ensure a robust, stable

satellite navigation system would be available. The GPS project was launched in the United

States in 1973 to overcome the limitations of previous navigation systems, integrating ideas from

several predecessors, including a number of classified engineering design studies from the 1960s.

Embracing previous ideas from Navy scientists, the Department of Defense decided to use

satellites to support their proposed navigation system. DoD then followed through and launched

its first Navigation System with Timing and Ranging (NAVSTAR) satellite in 1978. From

NASA website, they say that the 24 satellite system became fully operational in 1993.

A GPS receiver's job is to locate four or more of these satellites, figure out the distance to

each, and use this information to deduce its own location. This operation is based on a simple

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mathematical principle called trilateration. Trilateration in three-dimensional space can be a little

tricky, so we'll start with an explanation of simple two-dimensional trilateration.

To determine the location of the GPS satellites two types of data are required by the GPS

receiver: the almanac and the ephemeris. This data is continuously transmitted by the GPS

satellites and your GPS receiver collects and stores this data.

The almanac contains information about the status of the satellites and approximate

orbital information. The GPS receiver uses the almanac to calculate which satellites are currently

visible. The almanac is not accurate enough to let the GPS receiver get a fix. If the GPS receiver

is new, or has not been used for some time, it may need 15 minutes or so to receive a current

almanac. In older GPS receivers, an almanac is required to acquire the satellites, but many newer

models are able to acquire the satellites without waiting for the almanac.

To get a fix, your GPS receiver requires additional data for each satellite, called the

ephemeris. This data gives very precise information about the orbit of each satellite. Your GPS

receiver can use the ephemeris data to calculate the location of a satellite to with a metre or two.

The ephemeris is updated every 2 hours and is usually valid for 4 hours. If your GPS receiver has

been off for a while, it may take up to several minutes to receive the ephemeris data from each

satellite, before it can get a fix.

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2.3 ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM

Android was founded in Palo Alto, California in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich

Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White who work at “Google” to develop. It is an open source

mobile operating system and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such

as smartphones and tablets. In 2005, Android was purchased by the GOOGLE for 50 million.

The open handset alliance, a group of several companies was formed in5 November 2007 and

Android beta released on 12 November 2007.

Android's user interface is mainly based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that

loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate

on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. Because it is developed as a

Google product, Android users are given the opportunity to link their mobile device to other

Google products, such as cloud storage, email, and video services.

All Android phones share some common features. They are all smartphones, meaning

that they can connect to Wi-Fi, have touchscreens, can access a range of mobile apps, and can be

customized. The similarities stop there, however, because any manufacturer can produce a

device with its own "flavor" of Android, stamping its look and feel over the basics of the OS.

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2.4 GEO FENCING

A geo-fence also known as geozone, a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area

that uses the global positioning system (GPS). A geo-fence could be dynamically generated as in

a radius around a store or point location, or a geo-fence can be a predefined set of boundaries.

For geo-fencing to work correctly, usually an application will need to have an integrated SDK or

plugin.

The use of a geo-fence is called geo-fencing, and one example of usage involves a

location-aware device of a location-based service (LBS) user entering or exiting a geo-fence.

This activity could trigger an alert to the device's user as well as messaging to the geo-fence

operator. This info, which could contain the location of the device, could be sent to a mobile

telephone or an email account.

Geo-fencing also combines awareness of the user's current location with awareness of the

user's proximity to locations that may be of interest. To mark a location of interest, we may

specify its latitude and longitude. To adjust the proximity for the location, add a radius. The

latitude, longitude, and radius define a geo-fence, creating a circular area, or fence, around the

location of interest.

While geo-fencing has historically relied on cellular data, modern geo-fencing combines

has moved to using GPS and Wifi data more. This allows users to opt-in for things like location

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services and can receive push notifications to keep updated. For instance, while active geo-

fencing can let you track individual customers by latitude and longitude through GPS by

contacting a satellite, it consumes so much power that it devastates the user's battery. By

contrast, passive geo-fencing works in the background and consumers very little power, but it

gives less data about the customer and gives fewer opportunities to reach out to customers and

gather data.

Geo-fencing used widely in daily life like in other countries such as used in applications

with locationized firearms can allow those firearms to fire only in locations where firing is

permitted and used in human resource department to monitor employees working in special

locations especially those doing field works. Using a geo-fencing tool, an employee is allowed to

log his attendance using a GPS-enabled device when within a designated perimeter.

Geo-fencing, in a security strategy model, provides security to wireless local area

networks. This is done by using predefined borders, example an office space with borders

established by positioning technology attached to a specially programmed server. The office

space becomes an authorized location for designated users and wireless mobile devices.

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2.5 SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW

Author Title Year Model Advantageous Disadvantages

Tejal D.

Katore

Android

Parental

Tracking

2015 i) Sms

Messaging

request

Allow the

system to work

without the

need of internet

connection

Repeatedly

need to send

request in order

to check

location

Rohit N. Bhoi Child

Tracking

System on

Mobile

Terminal

2015 i) Use GPS and

GSM

ii) Use ARM &

Board and GSM

Board

iii) Microphone

sensor

i) System

immediately

react to

application if

heard cry voice

ii) User friendly

iii) No battery

backup is

required

i) High cost to

setup.

ii) Setup of the

network is

complex

Al-Mazloum GPS and

SMS-

Based

Child

2013 i) Android

based solution

ii) GPS and

GSM service to

i)Application

not need an

internet

connection

Location on the

map not

updated

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Tracking

System

Using

Smart

Phone

detect the

location.

iii) Implement

the use of Short

Messaging

System(SMS)

ii) Works on

mobile phone

that does not

support the

GPRS,2G and

3G.

iii) Parents

control all of

the functions of

the application

Muhammad

Syahir

Child

Tracking

Application

Using Geo

Fencing

Technique

2015 i) Android

based solution

ii) Using Geo

Fencing

technique

iii) Using GPS

i) Real time

application

ii) Show

location on map

iii) Save cost

i) Cannot add

multiple child

user

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1. Android Parental Tracking

This paper presents a mobile application based solution to aid parents to track the real

time location of the children. Smartphones today provide the facility of location service and most

of kids today use mobile phones. The application uses the GPS and SMS services found in

Android phones. It allows the parents to get their child’s location on Google Maps and also their

browsing history. The main responsibility of parents device is to send a request location SMS to

child’s device to get location of child while the responsibility of child’s device is to reply the

GPS position to the parents device upon request. A program called Listener will be executed at

the backend. The communication between the parent side and the child applications is done

using Short Message Service (SMS). SMS offers the system unique features. It will allow the

system to work without the need of internet connection thus allows the application to be

implemented on smart phones that don’t support GPRS. First is the parent side which acts as a

server for the system though it is not actually a server. It is basically an Android phone owned by

the parent of the child to be tracked. The parent’s side that is server uses SMS for

communicating with the child and maps to view the location of the child on a map. Second is the

child side which acts as a client side for the system. The child side is also another Android smart

phone but owned by the child to be located. The child side uses SMS for communicating with the

parent side and location providing services that is GPS or Network, to get the respective

locations of the child in form of coordinates.

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2. Child Tracking System on Mobile Terminal

The proposed system includes a child module which have GPS, GSM, and ARM7 and

voice playback circuit and parent module which includes mobile phone (which supports internet

connectivity) for getting the information about the missed child on periodical basis. Addition to

the proposed system is that parents no need to continuously monitor the location of child, if child

is going outside of define area then alert message will be given to parents. Also if child is crying

then also alert message will be send to parents. Child module has one panic switch, with the help

of which child can alert parents. The child tracking system will track movement of their child

while going to school and coming from school to home. Also it will alert the parents if their child

is crying and if child requires emergency help through the text message. In this tracking system

particular area will be defined by using geo-fencing. This system is using autonomous clustering

technique. It consists of tags which collect the information of child group, each child is given one

android terminal and server which stores tracking information. Tag consist of wireless LAN

which construct a mesh network and also receives and transmit the information regarding to

position of child from one tag to another and finally given to computer server which is located at

school control room. This system will alert the school that one of the children is missing but its

fails to tell where the child is at the current moment. Also it does not concentrate whether child is

crying or not.

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3. GPS and SMS-Based Child Tracking System Using Smart Phone

Combination of two components of GPS satellites and GSM telephony service are used

in order to develop this system. Parents have to send a request to the child side to retrieve the

child location and parents will get the information by map display. On the other hand,

application on the child side will gather information needed to locate the child smartphone. This

process will be done using Short Messaging System (SMS). This is one of the advantages of this

system that will not require the internet connection thus allows this system implemented on

smart phone that not support GPRS, 2G or 3G.

4. Child Tracking Application Using Geo Fencing Technique

This project objective is to control the activities and the child movement. It is design for

parent to pinpoint their child location and position before going to the authority to make report.

The next objective is to test on how the application will function in tracking and control the

activities of child. Two components used in this application is Global Positioning System and

Geo-Location techniques are used in order to track the child mobile phone by using their parent

cell phone. Furthermore, this application is an Android based application and parent also has the

right to control allowed area using the geo fence method. A notification is pop up to the parent

mobile phone if their child is out from the boundaries created by the parents.

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2.6 SUMMARY

From this chapter, the main function and tools needed of the project had been explained

such as the Global Positioning System and Geo Fencing technique on how it can be used and

enhance the application. Moreover, some of the analysis from related work also is used to

develop this project thus give a clear picture of more compatible to mobile phone and suitable

new application in this era to counter child missing problems.

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CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

3.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter will explain the specific details on the methodology being used in order to

develop this project. In order to make sure the project is in the right path, methodology plays an

important role as a guide for the project to complete and working well as plan. There is different

type of methodology that is used for different type of application. It is important to choose the

right and suitable methodology for the development of an application thus it is necessary to

understand the application functionality itself.

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3.2 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC)

Figure 3.1: System Development Life Cycle

For the project methodology, the System Development Life Cycle had been chosen. Each

development may differ due to user requirements from time to time. This methodology is

common and widely used to develop, maintain and replace older system.

Planning

Analysis

Design

Implementation

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3.3 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY/SOFTWARE

For the objective of the project to be achieved, a well plan and suitable method choose is

very important. System Development Life Cycle has been chosen as the methodology for this

project.

3.3.1 Initial Planning Phase

This phase started by the proposed title of the project to the supervisor and rough

discussion on the project specific to add a new utility or upgrade some features on the old

system. All of this is planned by a given period of time.

3.3.2 Planning

Before continue to the next step in develop a system, system requirements are identified

and the development of the system based on the requirement so that the development of the

system follow the project flow. Geo Fencing has been decided as the technique in this project as

the technique is the most suitable for this kind of application.

3.3.3 Analysis

In this phase, the system requirements are studied and had been structured for the system

to work well with the Geo Fencing technique so that there is no problem in the future.

Furthermore, all of the requirements that has already analyze are being used as the project

guideline in order to meet the user requirements. Because of that, a simple interface that suitable

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to the use of Geo Fencing technique and the user requirement is design to make the application is

user friendly and ease of use.

3.3.4 Design

The design of the interface will cover the map, user login and many more. This phase is

also important to make the application look simple but nice for the user. Developer must

remember that the development of the application is user based requirement not from the

developer itself. Other than that, the interface should be more user friendly look than the old

system. The navigation of the system also will be more neat and nice.

3.3.5 Implementation

For the implementation phase, this is where the analyzed and the phase before this are

implemented. The system is coded, installed and tested to implement what has been agreed

before to complete the system. The project will develop as an open source application and

anyone can use and get the system.

3.3 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENT

Hardware and software is an important component the development in a system. The

specification of the two components specifications should be identified to ensure the system

functionality working without any conflict, either in term of the hardware or the software. Table

below shows the software and hardware used in order to develop the system.

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3.4.1 Hardware Requirement

No Hardware Description

1 Notebook Intel® Core™ i5-5200U CPU

@ 2.20GHz 2.20 GHz

2 Mobile Phone Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro

3 Printer Print the report

4 Flash Drive Used to back up the project

Table 3.1: Hardware Requirement

3.4.2 Software Requirement

No Software Description

1 MySQL System database application

2 Android Operating system to run the

application

3 Android Studio To develop the application

4 Xampp As the database

5 Notepad++ Connection with the database

Table 3.2: Software Requirement

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3.5 SUMMARY

In conclusion, in this chapter there are the critical development processes that need to be

done carefully. As mention before, the chosen software and hardware were to make sure the

process smoothly work without any upcoming problems.

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SYSTEM DESIGN AND MODELLING

3.6 INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, the flow of the system application is created to enable developer

understand the whole application itself before continue into the next phase. This would create a

clear path to ease of work according to the specific design and model that already made to help

the development process.

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3.7 CONTEXT DIAGRAM

Figure 3.2: Context Diagram

Based on this context diagram, user can register to the application. After that, user can

add his or her username and password before login to the main menu of the system. Besides, user

also can add his or her child details in the system. Moreover, user can view, update and delete

list of her or his child list that had been add before. Next, the application will show the location

details thus user can view the location of his or her child.

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3.8 DATA FLOW DIAGRAM (DFD)

Figure 3.3: Data Flow Diagram (DFD)

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From the Data Flow Diagram (DFD) above, User will register into the application by

insert the user details such as username and password. Then, the details will be stored into the

user database details. Authentication happens when user want to login to the system, application

will validate if the username and password entered are valid or not. After login, the next interface

is the main menu of the application where user can add child details where the details also will

be stored into the database but in child database. Moreover, user can also view child location on

the application by selecting which child user want to view. Child location is shows differently

based on which child the users choose from the list of child.

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3.9 ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (ERD)

Figure 3.3: Entity Relationship Diagram

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3.10 DATABASE DESIGN SPECIFICATION

Attribute Description Type Size Remark

parentID Parent

Identification

Varchar 12 PK

username Parent Name Varchar 50 NN

userPassword Parent Password Varchar 10 NN

Table 3.3: Parent table

Attribute Description Type Size Remark

childrenID Children

Identification

Varchar 12 PK

childrenName Children Name Varchar 50 NN

Table 3.4: Children table

Attribute Description Type Size Remark

locationID Location

Identification

Varchar 12 PK

childrenID Children Name Varchar 50 FK

parentID Parent

Identification

Varchar 12 FK

Table 3.5: Location table

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3.11 FRAMEWORK

Figure 3.5: Framework

Receiving location request

Give location details

Add child number and detail

Set the child location

Give location details

View location

Add details

Application

Database

User Child

Track location

GPS satellite

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Figure 3.6: Tracking Architecture

1) Parent sent a request to track

child phone number

5) Receive location details

4) Reply location details

2) Receive location request 3) Tracking

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Figure 3.7: Tracking Architecture

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3.12 INTERFACE DESIGN

Figure 3.8: Login Interface

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Figure 3.9: Register Interface

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Figure 3.10: Main Menu Interface

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Figure 3.11: Add Child Interface

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Figure 3.12: Settings Interface