• GPS Navigation Systems: A Must-Have

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    GPS Navigation Systems are a lot like DVRs (better known as TiVo). People who don't own them fail to understand why they're such a big deal, and those who have them can't live without them. Today's automobiles come with a variety of extras, from passenger side air bags to the ubiquitous car alarms.Read more…
  • GPS Tracking System: The Key to Saving Money on your Business

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    It is natural for a business to have its ups and down. Since everything is beyond your control no matter how you strive of putting all things into its right place, sometimes it still fails. Sometimes you just assume that everything is fine though it’s not.Read more…
  • Does GPS Vehicle Tracking Equate to 'Big Brother?'

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    When people ask about my business, I tell them, “My company offers GPS vehicle tracking systems.” Their response lets me know whether they are an employee or a business owner.The first words out of the mouth of an employee is: “Sounds like ‘Big Brother’ to me.Read more…
  • GPS Vehicle Tracking Data: What Do I Get?

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    What information is provided by GPS vehicle tracking systems? Here is a summary and examples of how you could use data provided by GPS tracking devices:Location data: Latitude and longitude provided in degrees, minutes and seconds. It is accurate to 33 feet, which is as accurate as any commercial GPS device.Read more…
  • GPS Vehicle Tracking Systems: Do I Need One?

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    GPS vehicle tracking systems are more affordable and more popular than ever before, but do you need one? Take this short quiz and keep track of your 'yes' answers. I’ll help you total your score and decide after you finish.Read more…
  • GPS Tracking: An Executive Summary-Who, What and Why

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    GPS vehicle tracking systems are a popular tool for business owners; Original equipment manufacturers from General Motors to Bobcat are including tracking systems in their vehicles. Here’s some background information to help you:Who uses GPS tracking? GPS tracking systems are used by businesses in the service, transportation and manufacturing industries.Read more…
  • Bluetooth GPS vs CF GPS

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    For some people there is a debate over which to choose a Bluetooth gps receiver or a compact flash gps receiver. I have used both so I am writing from experience. There seem to be quite a few advantages a Bluetooth gps receiver has over a cf gps receiver.Read more…
  • Cell Phone Tracking Systems With GPS

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    One thing we are seeing with the new 3G and 3G plus cell phone systems is that they are able to track the origin of the caller. There are some very good uses for this technology, yet some decry the potential issues caused against their personal privacy.Currently we see that some of the cell phone systems have issues tracking the person when the callers are moving out of the cell phone tower area and hasn't quite gotten to the next area, particularly if the call ends prior to a certain distance.Read more…
  • Personal Technology and Crime Fighting with GPS

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    Many believe a crimeless society is in our civilizations near future for many reason. These folks make an excellent point indeed and it makes sense, as technology has been a very great way to stop crime. Personal Tech Devices as seen at the Las Vegas 2006 Consumer Electronic Show seem to be moving towards a realm where they will curb crime.Read more…
  • GPS Will Never Be the Same Again

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    Some new technology is being used now in the UK, which makes GPS even more accurate for personal tech devices and automobiles. These new technologically advanced systems will be able to bring the accuracy within a meter, rather than the best in-car systems no barely accurate to 32 yards.This new Super GPS System is the European Galileo Project and it will be completed in 2010 and will revolutionize the capabilities of current GPS.Read more…
  • GPS Truck Transponder Warning Sensors for Curves

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    Each year the NTSB National Transportation Safety Board logs some 7,000 over the road truck accidents relating in humans becoming dead. As a general trend those fatalities have decreased over all, year over year. Yet overturned trucks are something that continues and it is a serious issue.Read more…
  • Read This Article if You Just Need a GPS in Your Car or SUV

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    As the automobile GPS units get better and the prices have come down it seems that more and more people are finally contemplating on installing them. In the past few years audio, satellite radio and SUV back seat video recorders and TV have been considered to be the cool thing to own. Yet as prices keep falling in the feature rich GPS auto market we are seeing it is becoming one hot item to have and it indeed did appear on many a Soccer Mom’s Christmas list as well.Read more…
  • What Benefit Will You Get From GPS?

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    Global Positioning System is a navigational aid, funded and controlled by the U.S. Department of Defense.Read more…
  • GPS - How It Works

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    In this second of a three part series we're going to go over how GPS receivers actually measure distance. A lot of math and science goes into this stuff so sit back and get ready to strain your brain.At any given time, let's choose midnight for this example, the satellite begins transmitting a digital pattern called a pseudo-random code.Read more…
  • GPS - What Is It?

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    GPS, or Global Positioning System, is the latest thing in keeping from getting lost when trekking out to visit your Aunt Louise. Years ago you had to rely on landmarks, your handy compass or the guy at the corner gas station, assuming he knew where everything was. Today for about a hundred bucks you can get a little gadget that will tell you exactly where you are, any place on Earth.Read more…
  • GPS: A Tool To Fit Our World's Need

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    GPS, or global positioning system, is a tool that is used to measure distance and to help pinpoint location any place in the world. The fact is that it is an excellent tool that can do so much more than just tell you where you are. And, it is being used in everything from heart rate monitors to automobiles.Read more…
  • Practical Uses for GPS Technology

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    Since the US Department of Defense established the worldwide Global Positioning System (GPS) network, it has been put to a very wide variety of uses by governments, corporations, organizations, and individuals alike.It has been put to good use for many years in its original, and most obvious, purpose of coordinating military operations. In fact, if it weren’t for GPS, many modern military operations and practices would simply not be possible.Read more…
  • GPS Security Functionality

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    One of the most common uses of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, by businesses and consumers alike, is to ensure security from theft, as well as human safety.Using a GPS tracking system is an excellent way for an individual or small business to keep track of important equipment including vehicles, machinery, and portable electronic devices, such as laptops and cell phones.A prime example of the usefulness of GPS technology for security purposes is its abilities in the fight against vehicle theft.Read more…
  • Global Positioning Technology Description

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    The worldwide Global Positioning System (GPS) network was designed by the US Department of Defense, as a way to track one’s exact location anywhere in the world.The GPS network consists of 24 navigation satellites, which orbit the planet at a height of approximately 12,000 miles. These satellites each orbit the earth twice every 24 hours, and they are set up in such a way that they can send signals to any location on the planet, whether it be land or sea, and no matter how remote.Read more…
  • Anti Jam GPS

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    If we go to war with China the first thing they will do is knock out as many of our satellites as possible. Many secret SPY satellites in the Military will be safe now up there and there equipment in their UAVs, ground vehicles and command and control centers because they have special Anti-Jamming GPS systems with bleeding edge top of the line and state of the art counter measure technologies. You are probably thinking to yourself who thinks of this stuff anyways?Read more…

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