Throughout the past few years, hikers have been more at risk at being injured or lost during their visit on the trails of both national and state parks. With the parks being located in an area where there are few to no cellular towers there is no way of communicating to park rangers or other emergency personnel. The goal of the Major Qualifying Project was to design a system that would make hiking safer by providing a way to indicate to park staff that an emergency had occurred. By providing the hikers with a handheld device that when activated will transmit important GPS data to park staff without the use of a designated cellular or wifi network it is ensured that safety is increased for all visitors.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Moore, Melvin Thomas

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-061517-092652

Advisor

• Bitar, Stephen John

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-06-15

Localização

• Osaka

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright