The Burrito UNMSM Project was a student initiative that successfully achieved real-time school bus localization for the National University of San Marcos.
Despite being an unofficial solution, it rapidly expanded in scope and impact, ultimately serving over 2,000 students daily with real-time bus location data and service updates.
Operations ceased at the end of November 2024, following the university's decision to adopt professional (although inferior) geolocation services.
The project was publicly associated with Contigo San Marcos, a local student political party. However, the true credit belongs to a core group of dedicated individuals who helped in its development and maintenance:
Developer: Calle Luis
Github: @luedu1103
Developer: Flores Paolo
Github: @paoloose
Developer: Sebastian Rojas
Github: @SebastianRojas6
UNMSM bus maintainer: Mario Chura
Coordinator: Baltazar
Coordinator: Miguel Romero
For a detailed technical overview, including architecture and system components, refer to our public documentation.
For questions or ideas, feel free to reach out to @paoloose.
The entire codebase remains open-source under the MIT License for technical reference and future projects seeking to build upon this work.
Screenshots of the two clients communicating
The development team celebrating the project's launch
The first bus where the driver application was tested
The device installed within the bus, about to be tested in production for the first time
