GPS auto tracker

The use of GPS auto tracker technology by business fleet managers and private citizens is growing daily. The savings in terms of maintenance, labor, insurance and fuel cost are enormous when applied correctly. Real time GPS more than pays for itself the first day it is employed. Some companies have even been able to reduce the size of their fleets to increased efficiency. Everyone knows that increased efficiency means a better bottom line. However there are additional benefits to using a real time GPS system. 

Once the tracking system was activated and the fleet management staff trained in its use the company began to find ways to cut costs. Employees found that the system was not as intrusive as they had envisioned. The application of personnel and resources quickly began to make the company more efficient and contracts were being completed in less time. As a result the company was able to bid on additional work.

This past November found another benefit to using the GPS auto tracker technology that no one at the company expected. After a normal day of work one of the employees did not arrive home for dinner at the normal time. His wife at first passed this off as an extended work related delay. After a couple of hours she tried calling him on his cell phone but was told that the phone was not in service. Later being worried she called her husband's supervisor to ask if he knew where her husband was and of course he did not stating that no one was working late.

Shortly after receiving the call the supervisor went on line and downloaded the location map provided by the GPS tracking Service Company. He quickly found the missing vehicle located along the Interstate highway. After calling the missing employees cell phone several times without an answer he went to investigate.

Using his laptop and GPS he drove to the exact location that the tracking system had indicated. However arriving on the scene no company truck was located. The supervisor checked the tracking information and even contacted the service company for assistance. It was suggested that the tracking device had become dislodged and fallen from the vehicle at that location. Where upon the supervisor took a flashlight and went to look for it. Instead of finding the device his flashlight reflected off the back of the company vehicle lying upside down in the roadside ditch. The missing man was trap inside and was still alive.

Emergency response personal arrived shortly thereafter extricating the injured man taking him to the hospital in serious condition. The employee survived the accident and is recovering at home. He hopes to return to work in the near future. According to law enforcement and emergency services personnel the employee probably would not have survived if he had not been found at the time he was discovered.

GPS auto tracker technology is designed to help businesses and private citizens in managing their vehicle resources. However as was discovered here there are additional benefits that this emerging technology provides. It can even save lives.

James Kesel, MS is the Publisher of GPS Auto Tracker at http://www.gps-auto-trackers.com Providing information on GPS tracking technology including GPS Auto Tracker systems.

A GPS auto tracker system is an electronic device installed within or on a vehicle to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle's location, speed, direction and disposition. GPS auto tracker systems use Global Positioning System (GPS) modules located within the electronic device for accurate location of the vehicle. Many systems also combine a communications component such as cellular or satellite transmitters to communicate the vehicles location. speed and direction to a remote user. The Gps auto tracker information is then viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or on your computer.

 The shipping industry is the largest user of GPS auto tracker systems. Many large shipping companies with large fleets of vehicles needed a vehicle tracking gps system to determine the location of each vehicle was at any given time. GPS auto tracker systems are becoming more common and can be found in consumers vehicles as driver surveilance and performance units as well as vehicle theft and retrieval devices. Police can follow the signal emitted by the tracking system to locate a stolen vehicle. In addition parents can determine if their sons or daughters are driving in a responsible manner. In addition there is also a new line of GPS Auto Tracker systems that are used to keep track of a childs where abouts even if they are out of the vehicle.

GPS auto tracker systems are now using a type of automatic vehicle location (AVL) to allow for easy location of the vehicle. The GPS satellite system was built and is maintained by government and is available at no cost to civilians. This makes vehicle tracking gps technology very inexpensive. Other older AVL systems do not require the antenna to be in direct line of sight with the sky. Older ground based systems such as LORAN and LoJack tracking units use radio frequency (RF) transmitters which will transmit through walls, garages, or buildings. Police vehicles around the world have a form of AVL tracking as standard equipment in their units.

Standard GPS auto tracker systems charge the user a monthly fee for a package that includes the hardware, installation and download or mapping as part of the tracking service. Passive GPS auto tracker units are paid for upon installation and will continue to work for the life of the vehicle. Active GPS auto tracker systems as well as the ground based cell phone and Loran systems provide real time data. A commercial fleet manager may want 5 minute updates, telling whether a vehicle is on route or off, engine status, brake status, container status as well as vehicle speed and direction. Newer smaller and more efficient GPS auto tracker units are becoming available to the consumer market. It will be just a matter of time before every vehicle on the road will have the hardware necessary for GPS Auto Tracker Systems.

James Kesel, MS is the Publisher of GPS Auto Tracker providing information on the latest GPS Tracking and Navigation systems.