| GPS vehicle-tracking software can be used to track | | | | GPS vehicle-tracking software, you need two basic |
| vehicles in real time or to display the locations visited | | | | things. Your company's database must be designed |
| at a later date. The data can be stored in the | | | | to work with the technology. So a well-designed |
| vehicle's tracking unit or transmitted to the home | | | | database is the first thing you will need. |
| database. The flexibility of the equipment means | | | | The second is a tracker. There are several different |
| there are multiple business applications. | | | | kinds of trackers. The RFID tags mentioned above |
| The technology is sometimes referred to as | | | | are the simplest kind. They do not log or send |
| "automatic vehicle location or locating". That term | | | | information. The accuracy of the tags depends upon |
| might not always be applicable. It depends on which | | | | accurate scanning. |
| type of tracker has been installed. In the European | | | | GPS vehicle-tracking software can also be used with |
| Union, it has been shortened to a single word term: | | | | data loggers. Data loggers are trackers that have an |
| telelocating. As is the case in the term | | | | internal memory. They record information concerning |
| "telecommuting", the prefix means "at or from a | | | | a vehicle's location at regular intervals. This is the |
| distance". | | | | type of tracker that a private investigator might use. |
| The technology allows an individual or a business to | | | | The third type of tracker is referred to as a pusher |
| follow a vehicle at a distance. For example, a private | | | | or beacon. This is the type typically used by |
| investigator could follow a target without the risk of | | | | commercial fleets. |
| being spotted. He could also use the device to create | | | | The trackers "push" or send data to a central location |
| a log of where the target had been over a specified | | | | at regular intervals via the cellular network. The |
| period of time. The only time he would have to | | | | devices may be triggered when the ignition switch is |
| approach the car would be to plant the device. | | | | turned on or when a door is opened. As long as the |
| There are many other examples of course. One of | | | | car continues to operate and there is no interruption |
| the most common uses of this technology is in the | | | | in cellular service, real-time data will be sent to the |
| shipping industry. Fleet owners are able to keep track | | | | central database. If there was an interruption in |
| of all of their trucks in a timely manner. By tagging | | | | cellular service, transmission would continue as soon |
| packages or pallets with individual RFID tags, they | | | | as it was restored. |
| can also keep track of shipments. | | | | To learn more about the GPS vehicle-tracking |
| If a customer calls, they can find the location of a | | | | software applications for your specific type of |
| package very quickly, usually in a matter of seconds. | | | | business, contact an experienced database designer. |
| You might understand the improvement in customer | | | | A system customized to suit your business is always |
| service this application has provided. To make use of | | | | the best choice. |