GPS Vehicle Tracking

This article talks about some of the GPS Vehicle Tracking devices that are available on the market today. It gives a brief description of what the Garmin StreetPilot 2730 and the Initial GD-70X does and some feature descriptions. A good place to start if your looking for information about the GPS vehical tracking devices.

GPS - What does it stand for?

Global Positioning System - Now, it is mainly used for
navigation, both terrestrial and marine. Initially it was used
by the U.S. military for locating and identifying friends as
well as foes. The system uses military and commercial satellites
for tracking anything that moves and has an emitter with or on
it. Error margins, for GPS, are nowadays within 100 meters, and
this can be narrowed down by using differential base stations
(DBS). However, they are hard to use since their range is quite
limited.

A new substitute for the American satellites will be the Galileo
Satellite System, developed and realized in Europe. The first
satellite, called Glove, was launched in late 2005 from
Baikonur, Russian Federation.

GPS - What can I do with it?

Here are just a few of this wonderful piece of equipment. For
instance, if you get lost, your GPS unit can pinpoint you your
current position, or, it can make a breeze from an awful task
such as planning a trip. However, its main uses are in vehicle
tracking. Most trucking companies have GPS units on all of their
trucks. This way it is very easy to finding out where a trucker
has been to, or where he currently is. Since the first GPS units
were installed on trucks and cars, specialized companies and
sites appeared.

Lets look at a two GPS units and their characteristics.

Garmin StreetPilot 2730

This is one of the latest products available on the market. Its
producer presents it as being a "great utility, even when
drivers know exactly where they are." Some of its features
include access to the XM NavTraffic (a data-traffic information
service, based on low orbit satellites, covering all of the
USA), allowing it to suggest faster routes, before traffic-jam.
The navigation map on StreetPilot 2730, graphically represents
any incident affecting the road, including man-made, like
road-construction, or accidents. Weather forecasts are also
shown on the GPS unit, for as many as 162 cities. The
StreetPilot 2730, also reads MP3s, and the music can be sent to
the car's stereo through its stereo jack or through a FM
transmitter. The unit is equipped with an antenna, Garmin GXM
30, which can be placed on the roof of the car, or on the
dashboard. It is waterproof and has a magnetic end, for easier
placement.

Initial GD-70X

This "little" gizmo has a 7" color LCD, the obvious GPS
navigational system, as well as a DVD player, thus making it
ideal for family vacations. It can pinpoint your location on the
map, as well as playback your favorite movie or tracks. It has a
set of maps which includes both Canada ant the US. Its map
database includes over two million points of interest and it has
a 250MB internal memory, large enough for downloading maps and
POIs. An interesting feature are the voice directions, which
will help you focus on the road, an still know where you are,
and what kind of conditions you are facing out there. Also, it
includes a day/night mode, making it easier to read according to
the time of use. The incorporated CD/DVD player can keep the
passengers entertained as well, and if you don't have a car
stereo (who doesn't), you can always listen to its built-in
stereo speakers.

These are just two of the many products on the market that can
help you with GPS vehicle tracking.

About the author:
Steve Armstrong produces gps-vehicle-tracking-pa.com which is full of information on GPS vehicle tracking

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