Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 15 th November 2020. Vol.98. No 21 © 2005 – ongoing JATIT & LLS ISSN: 1992-8645 www.jatit.org E-ISSN: 1817-3195 3468 AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOVEMENT OF BUSES IN HAJJ 1 EMAD FELEMBAN, 2 FAIZAN UR REHMAN, 3 ASAD ALI BIABANI, 4 ATIF NASEER, 5 OMAR HUSSAIN, 6 EHSAN ULLAH WARRIACH 1 Computer Engineering Department, College of Computing and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia 2 Institute of Research and Consultation Studies, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 3 Science and Technology Unit, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia 4 Science and Technology Unit, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia 5 Science and Technology Unit, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia 6 Rochester Institute of Technology, United Arab Emirates E-mail : 1 eafelemban@uqu.edu.sa, 2 fsrehman@uqu.edu.sa, 3 sabiabani@uqu.edu.sa, 4 anahmed@uqu.edu.sa, 5 omarkazem@gmail.com, 6 euwcad@rit.edu ABSTRACT Analyzing traffic behaviour performs a robust part to accomplish day-to-day activities of the users efficiently and effectively, particularly in densely populated urban areas. Activities drawing in huge numbers such as religious pilgrimage or sporting events, collisions among automotive traffic flows are likely resulting in interruptions and unsafe situations for pilgrims, often creating chaos and congestion. The issue is more ambitious as millions of pilgrim’s travels over a fixed period throughout Hajj from one location to the other. Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage which occurs annually during the month of Dhul al- Hijjah 1 which begins on the eighth day of the month and last for five days where millions of pilgrims from across the globe assemble in Makkah to perform the Spatio-temporal rituals. This article presents an interactive platform that utilizes large-scale GPS traces to know the motion of buses during Hajj. For a period of 60 days, GPS traces are gathered for over 20,000 plus buses for pilgrim’s mobility to conduct their rituals. To save big spatial data, we developed an interactive platform that can help in analyses and visualization. The analyses have been done for various stakeholders which includes company authorities. They can visualize the movement of buses, identify driver’s behaviour, speed violations, and area of the violations using maps-based visualization. Extracted expertise would be of benefit to stakeholders to improve the accessibility of pilgrims throughout the Hajj by creating a smart transport system like scheduling, evacuation, maximizing the number of buses or roads for each establishment. Keywords: GPS Data, Trajectory, Hajj, Categorization, Big Data, Clustering 1 12th month of an Islamic lunar calendar 2. INTRODUCTION Annually millions of Muslims from across the globe visit the holy Makkah city to perform Hajj, which is a mandatory pilgrimage for every individual who is healthy and financially affords it, once in their lifetime. Figure 1 shows the map of Mashaer 1 area including Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat to perform the Spatio-temporal rituals. For different Hajj rites to be followed, pilgrims cross by different routes, of Makkah to Mina during Hajj days. On the aurora of 9th day of Dhul Hijjah pilgrims travel to Arafat and spend their day performing rituals till the time of sunset and proceeds to Muzdalifah and remain there till the next morning and then continue for further ritual's. These mass transportation of pilgrims restricts the region results in a severe degree of movement blockage at the same time and span. During major activities like sports, religious groupings, a smooth and seamless traffic flow plays a vital role. Inappropriate traffic activity frequently contributes to prolonged delays and is a concern if not supervised and scheduled. Controlling an immense flow of crowd movement is a tough job for the officials to make appropriate conclusions. Besides, effective handling of pedestrians and traffic facilities needs constant observation of these components but also the distribution of regulation plus management measures, knowledge and instructions to drivers.