Abstract: | VProbe exploits sensing technologies of modern smart phones to evaluate your daily driving experience. Using web-based graphical interface, you are now enabled to re-examine your driving behavior, figure out where you drive most uncomfortable, and improve your driving skill. Moreover, by sharing your driving experience and social each other on Facebook, you can compare your driving skills with your friends, and find out the best drivers among your friends, your family, and your school.
The Android-based implementation of this appication has been released on our website on 2010/02/26 and on Android Market on 2010/10/21. The iOS version of VProbe has been released on Apple Application Store on 2011/04/11.
VProbe has been used in the TPE-CMS project (http://cms.vprobe.org/) to measure the comfort level of the Taipei e-Bus system since 2010/03/12. TPE-CMS exploits the GPS and 3-axis accelerometerfunctions of modern smart phones to measure the comfort level of bus rides. Then, it mashes up the sensed data with the authorized data of the public transportation systems, and provides a detailed comfort statistics as a value added service. By far, the system has supported the bus systems in Taipei city and New Taipei city in Taiwan. Moreover, the system has attracted more than 350 users worldwide, with a contribution of more than 20,000 valid trajectories, and the number is still increasing now.
The succeeding application of VProbe, called Bus+, has been launched on Google Play (the Android App Market) on October 5, 2011, and available on Apple App Store on April 27, 2012. Bus+ won the First Prize in Taiwan App Star Contest (Taipei Open Data Application Innovation Track). It has reached more than 2,500 downloads and currently has 316 active installs (according to the official statistics of Google Play, accessed on 2012/05/20).
Project website:
- VProbe: http://vprobe.org/
- TPE-CMS: http://cms.vprobe.org/
- Bus+ video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQWiWjup4kk
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