Mobile as a Sensor in Intelligent Transportation System for Street Route

Rapid increase in the espousal of mobile phones and their ubiquity has significantly reflected upon the Intelligent Transport system (ITS). Some of the major ITS areas of usage include active traffic management, driver information, navigation information, Telematics and so on. Currently there are many apps for destination navigation systems and the navigation apps in Smartphone are more advanced and accurate than any conventional navigation devices. These apps can track location real time, guide to destinations, display maps to points of attraction and interest and even update about real time traffic conditions in some cities. This paper describes the working of location based navigation apps and analyzes the street view services in the navigation apps.