About this app
'Ez School Bus Locator' is an innovative twin-app solution that:
- Is custom made for schools/parents to help track students on bus rides from home to school and back
- Supports both non-Internet phones and smartphones to get the location details of the bus, and the availability information of the child (in the bus)
This app comprises two modules - 'Ez School Bus Locator-Parent' and 'Ez School Bus Locator-Attender'. Both these modules work together and need to be downloaded separately from the Google Play Store.
FEATURES
This twin-app solution uses:
- QR Code scanning so students can check in and out from the bus
- GPS to track the bus location
- Automated SMS messages to keep parents informed
The solution is acclaimed for its highly intuitive User Interface (UI) design that works in two modes:
- Tap
- Voice
Schools who want to use the Ez School Bus Locator mobile app solution need to generate QR Codes for each student (one time process) to store his/her parent’s mobile number and the Student ID. A free custom QR Code Generator tool that we have developed (using Visual Basic programming) for you is available for free download. Please use this (tool) for generating QR Codes for your students.
Download Link: https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B8EluThc_O12MWFlVW9zNVJ2Tm8&export=download
In case you want to generate QR Codes on your own, use the free QR Code Generator tool available at http://createqrcode.appspot.com/. However, follow the format below:
PN=(Parent Phone Number)]SID={Student ID}]
'Ez School Bus Locator' app solution, developed by Arjun - a seventh grade school student from Velammal Vidyashram School in Surapet, Chennai, India - helped him win the first prize (K-8 Category) in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) App Inventor App Contest held in December 2012. The judges praised this app as 'one of the most creative and well thought out apps of any age group in the contest'!
Below are a few other achievements that Arjun has to his credits (as of December 2014) apart from the one mentioned above:
- First-Prize winner in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s 'App Inventor Bug Finding Contest' conducted worldwide in 2013
- Winner of the 'National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement' (for Computer Technology) instituted by the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India, for 2014
'Ez School Bus Locator' app is brought to you by LateraLogics, a Chennai-based technology start-up founded by Arjun.
Some of the other popular apps from LateraLogics include:
- 'iSafeGuard' - a personal safety app for women & young girls
- 'iRobot' - an innovative remote-control app to control Lego Mindstorms NXT robots in the most intuitive ways
- 'Scribbly' - an intuitive app that lets you scribble your feelings and express yourself in the most natural way to the world through your mail, messenger, or social media network
Here are the links to a few articles featuring Arjun and his achievements:
- The Hindu (Delhi Edition): http://goo.gl/GAMtp3
- Deccan Chronicle: http://goo.gl/E3vdiz
- Entrepreneur India Magazine: http://goo.gl/zEUCsS
- Economic Times: http://goo.gl/Vijriq
- Youth Incorporated Magazine: http://goo.gl/aYz1vY
- India Today (Aspire) Magazine: http://goo.gl/xsdz5k
- Insight Walk: http://goo.gl/DpQH4k
- YourStory: http://goo.gl/azJv6q
- NDTV HEADS UP show: http://goo.gl/Ji9sBj
- Entrepreneur India Magazine: http://goo.gl/TcEMp7
Please check www.LateraLogics.com for more information.
NOTE
For a white-labelled 'Bus and Passenger Locator' app solution (customized version) for your school, college, or company, please write to arjun@LateraLogics.com.
App Permissions
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
