Auto Attendance Smartphones Application Based on the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Abstract

For several years, the mechanism of recording attendance has evolved from traditional manual systems, such as recording in daybooks, to electronic systems, where modern systems have included the integration of fingerprint devices and data management systems, including ERP systems. Earlier, the manual attendance method used, which is not only consuming the time, but it also gives erroneous results. The attendance controlling system provides many benefits to organizations. This diminishes the need of a pen-and-paper-based manual attendance system. Following this thought, this paper has proposed a smartphone auto attendance application based on the global positioning system (GPS). We are going to use GPS, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) and network data to determine the location of the mobile device with the desired accuracy. The solution is implemented and tested on an Android and iOS device, which results in “no need of additional biometric scanner devices and other readers”. The application can be configured with the organization locations that were identified in the system, which can be determined by GPS. Each user’s location can be logged by GPS using a smartphone. This location is declared as a key of time and attendance tracking in this paper.