Abstract:
ABSTRACT: Fishing is one of the main income sources for those who live in the coastal areas
of Sri Lanka. Since most fishing boats do not carry navigational or radio equipment, they face
the danger of going beyond the Sri Lankan territory and entering into Indian waters without their
knowledge. There is also a risk of locating the boats in the deep sea since there is no information
communicated back to the shore about their physical locations.
In this project an application for smart phones was developed. It has a map of Sri Lanka with the
maritime boundaries, number of important locations such as coastal belt, maritime border, fishing
harbors etc., has been included in the application. It uses the mobile phone’s GPS sensor to
identify the current location. Application was developed to display fishing harbors, current
position of the boat, distance and direction from the nearest harbor. When the boat is in motion,
the path of boat will be indicated on the map. Also, the application software monitors the position
of the boat with respect to the maritime boundary. If the boat sails beyond the border, a warning
message will display on the screen to indicate. In addition, if the Internet access is available, the
current position of the boat will be notified to a ground-based station.
