GPS Tracking

By JAMES NEELY / guest writer

-        James is a freelance writer for Rocky Mountain Tracking based in Fort Collins Colorado, a provider of GPS tracking products, software and accessories. For information about Rocky Mountain Tracking, Inc. visit www.RMTracking.com.

Vehicles are becoming more difficult to steal with the proliferation of theft deterrent devices as well as recovery methods.  Current statistics bear this out.  But, the biggest draw for the theft of vehicles is that they are a high ticket item.  And with little to no investment into the theft process, the profits are huge.  That applies whether the stolen cars are parted-out or sold to foreign markets.

The war against auto theft is waged on two fronts:  prevention and recovery.  Which of these two should be given the higher priority or emphasis?  The answer is that there must be equal advancement of efforts on both sides.  Even though that does not happen, what is true is that these two methods must be used together to present a strong defense against auto theft. (more…)

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Competition is intensifying globally in the vehicle tracking market, with increasingly tech-savvy consumers enjoying falling prices and preferring around-the-clock real-time tracking systems to those that are prompted or “pinged” in the event of a vehicle heist.

Business Daily Africa, an online version of the newspaper Business Daily, published out of Kenya, Nairobi, reports vehicle tracking system manufacturers are reviewing their price structures because the world market is being inundated with products from North America, China and Europe.

The main solutions in the tracking system game in Africa are Stolen Vehicle Recovery Systems (known as SVRS) and those that are based on the Global Positioning System and Global System for Mobil Communications (GPS/GSM). (more…)

Cases of carjackings are unusual in suburbia, but the crimes are commonplace in highly-populated metropolitan areas. The attraction to criminals is that they can obtain a car without damaging it, be in possession of the keys, and usually get away with some money or identification as well.

Carjacking is motor vehicle theft, except it has an added element of extreme danger: the vehicle is occupied and the thief is armed, usually with a gun.

Rarely is the driver hurt; only frightened. For protection against carjackings, safety measures and precautions should be regularly followed. “Don’t park in a dark, secluded area,” is sound advice. So is “Buy a GPS Tracking Device for Theft Recovery.”

GPS Tracking Finds a Small Object from Space

GPS tracking systems operate using signals from the U.S. satellite system in space. Be it night or day, rainy or dry weather, GPS tracking devices are efficient at providing the exact time and position of an object, anywhere on earth.

GPS tracking is usually offered in two ways: real time GPS tracking and passive GPS tracking. In passive GPS tracking, the device does not have the ability to transmit. The units log or record the information for viewing later.

A  real-time GPS tracking system is needed for theft recovery. A “live” tracking system comes with a built-in transmitter such as a cellular uplink module that transfers the GPS tracking data directly from the vehicle to a computer.

LandAirSea’s top-selling live tracking system is the Victoria GPS Tracking System. It is perfect for asset management, partly because the vehicle tracking device offers position updates every 10 seconds. The location reports can be viewed from any Web-enabled computer with a logon to a secure company server. (more…)