Navigation Buoys GPS Tracking and Monitoring Solution

A customer asked us to create a convenient software tool that will help with tracking and monitoring the marine buoys, their location, and gathered data. GPS buoys should be connected to the satellites, and the navigation buoys GPS tracking and monitoring solution would receive the data.

To satisfy the client’s requirements, our team developed a web application with an implemented GPS tracking system. The application provides detailed information on real-time data on marine buoys, such as depth, pressure, load, system power, etc. All buoys have unique IDs to let the app users identify the particular device the obtained data belongs to.

All data is recorded including the situations when a buoy returns an error or doesn’t send data and becomes disconnected from the system. In this case, an email notification is sent to all the users who are responsible. To make it more convenient, admin is able to manage the template of an error notification, by changing text or inserting links.

The application creates a list of all maintenance tasks and errors received from buoys in order to let users choose the further actions. They can schedule future events that need to be performed for a buoy and add notes. Also, new maintenance tasks can be added into the list and shared in the calendar. The users are able to specify the type of the event, its date and time, and add description. A user can choose to receive notifications about a maintenance event they’ve chosen.

The buoy software shows the map with markers each belonging to a specified buoy. Every marker contains the information about the buoy and the diagnosis box with the gathered data. One can see the mooring buoys statuses (active, inactive, error, etc.) and ID number, the nearby city it was located the last time, and the user that is responsible. Admin has access to all buoys in the system, while users have access to those that belong to the group assigned to them or their account. The application requests data on buoys automatically after a certain time, specified by the admin. The data can also be updated upon request manually if needed.

To have a better understanding of the responsibilities and received data, the GPS tracking and monitoring solution offers unique functionality for admin and users.

Admin

The admin can change the information on users including their email address or delete them from the application. They can also manage the rights of users and groups, such as viewing buoys, accessing data history, receiving errors, adding notes and logs. The admin can unite buoys into groups and assign them to certain users. Each buoy can belong to several groups at once.
If required, the admin can create new buoys in the buoyage system by specifying their IDs and additional information. They see the full list of buoys and are able to edit the information or delete buoys from the list.

Users

Users can change their own information and can be united into groups, each with its own name and description. They are also able to switch between the map view and the table view to see all buoys accessible to them and their latest data, including the ones, whose location is unknown.

For each buoy, a user can access its data history with a map that shows the changes in buoy’s location. Users are able to bookmark the buoys, which they find the most important, as well as add notes or specific timestamps of a buoy’s data to the log.