GPS Vehicle Tracking For Your Benefit

Much has been said about vehicle tracking using Global Positioning System (GPS). In different forms of media, particularly the movies, the use of GPS is widely exalted. What, exactly, makes it so special? Why are people so impressed by its capabilities?

The answer to that is quite simple: GPS is currently the world's only Global National Satellite System (or simply GNSS) that is fully operational. No other satellite system has the advanced technology that GPS utilizes, and yet since the GPS satellite system is being maintained and regulated by the government, its navigational services are completely cost-effective for the average civilian. This makes the GPS a very attractive protocol for vehicle tracking.

Vehicle tracking systems nowadays utilize some sort of communication protocols between the transmitter and the receiver. The most common examples are radio frequencies and GPRS. Among radio frequencies, LoJack and the LORAN vehicle tracking systems are the most widely used. When it comes to GPS, satellite frequencies sent down in the form of microwave signals are used, transmitted by at least 24 medium Earth orbit satellites. Such a system gives the remote controller the ability to determine the precise location, speed, and direction of the transmitter. All of these great technologies are totally free-of-charge. Still wondering why GPS is so popular?

GPS signals are also strong enough not to be broken by obstructions below. Direct line of sight is not necessary to maintain the tracking, unlike other satellite-based navigational systems. Your vehicle can go under a tunnel and it can still be tracked by GPS.

Vehicle tracking is not the only purpose of the GPS satellite system at a civilian level. There are many other uses of the GPS, including navigational gears used in hiking or outdoor camping activities. Other applications often deal with environmental activities such as determining atmospheric conditions as well as analyzing varying levels of gravity across different parts of the planet's surface.