Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hsu, Chih-Wei
• Wong, W. Eric
• Angelov, Ivan
• Marsh, Dave
• Pu, Kent

Titel

Revolutionizing Truck Navigation with Advanced GIS Data and Hybrid Route Calculation

Ist Teil von

• 2024 10th International Symposium on System Security, Safety, and Reliability (ISSSR), 2024, p.468-477

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

IEEE Xplore

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper comprehensively examines Odyssey, a cutting-edge GPS navigation system tailored for trucks, delving into its innovative features and capabilities. The navigation landscape, propelled by GPS, GIS data, and routing algorithms, faces challenges of hardware constraints and specialized needs for vehicles like trucks. Odyssey adeptly tackles these challenges with bespoke GIS data and routing algorithms. It considers factors like vehicle weight and height and ensures safe and efficient truck routes. The system boasts a hybrid route calculation system, dynamically utilizing local and cloud resources based on Internet connectivity. This adaptive strategy optimizes performance under diverse conditions, enhancing user experience. Moreover, Odyssey efficiently manages GIS data through a customizable buffer, prioritizing frequently accessed data for offline use. The software architecture of Odyssey is modular, featuring layers like UI Definition, Custom UI Widgets, UI State/Models, UI Framework, Navigation Services, and Foundation Framework. The design adheres to software engineering principles, achieving low coupling and high cohesion through abstraction, encapsulation, information hiding, well-defined interfaces, and modularity. The Polaris layer ensures portability, cost efficiency, cross-platform compatibility, and simplified maintenance. Overall, Odyssey signifies a significant advancement in GPS navigation for trucks, offering a sophisticated solution that addresses challenges in the trucking industry, ensuring both efficiency and safety.