GPS-based announcement in 100 KSRTC buses soon

Mangalore | Tuesday | 19th June, 2018

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The GPS-based Next Stop Announcement System will track the bus stops enroute based on the latitude and longitude of the location. MANGALURU: All KSRTC buses operating from Mangaluru will have GPS-based system to announce the names of all bus stops on the routes. Very soon, the next stop announcement system will be introduced in 100 buses that operate from Mangaluru depot, said M B Jaishanth Kumar, divisional traffic officer of KSRTC. "For the first time, a GPS based next stop announcement system is being introduced in KSRTC. The GPS instrument attached to the system will read the latitude and longitude of the location and make announcement seconds before the bus reaches a bus stop..