11-11-2014, 10:42 AM
Abstracts: Taxicab Transit is a windows phone 8 application with location based transiting capability. By using it, the user can hire a Taxi to a predefine location, set the destination, select the driver and after a considerable amount of time, driver will arrive at the user’s location. At the end of the trip, the application gives a brief summary of the distance travelled, total fair of the trip. User can pay either by cash or by using e-wallet facility. The application is design to specifically work only on windows phone 8 operated devices. Developed in visual studio express version for windows phone 8 only, primary language of development is c#. Prerequisite of using the application is to have location functionality in the device set to ON so that mapping techniques can be applied to get user’s current information. User side and driver side applications are separate and hence may carry different functions. Another prerequisite is to have a working data connection via mobile data or via Wi-Fi.