An approach to IoT based car parking and reservation system on Cloud

This paper introduces the concept of using IoT and Cloud based technology in car parking services in cities. A high-level view of the proposed system is outlined. Our solution makes the ancient parking system smarter by leveraging the power of IoT and embedding it with the latest innovation of electronic sensors & computers. An IoT-based intelligent car parking system is described. A number of software solutions, including Python, PHP web gateway with MySQL database, Cloud based storage and mobile applications, are proposed to provide pleasant parking experience to mobile users. Also, Data generated by the sensors, Image detection cameras and mobile application will be used to gain insights by storing it in cloud foundry and applying Big Data analytics using Hadoop.