Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Standard Features of Vehicle Tracking Software

By Salvador Paez

There are several components that make up a typical vehicle tracking software, including the tracking device itself, the software that works in between the hardware devices, and the different protocols used by these devices. Protocols can be either a satellite-based GPS system, wireless tracking or GPRS or cellular-based GPS. Each of these protocols have their own good and bad merits, but of all these, the satellite-based GPS is the most ideal, because it has very little or no cost charge and it's highly efficient.

There are many providers of tracking systems that give inexpensive service costs to their customers, taking advantage of GPS. The cost would only include that of the transmitter device and the software to be placed in the computer. This allows it to trace the signals being carried over by the transmitter. The vehicle tracking software are responsible in making the PC a remote vehicle controller, causing the user to easily regulate and "view" the automobiles, even while sitting comfortably at home.

A GPS tracking software has several useful features, such as:

* With the help of an Internet-based tracking software and a GPS satellite system, you can watch over vehicles wherever it may be on the planet. There are 24 medium satellites orbiting the Earth, providing a direct line of sight. The GPS doesn't even have to keep track of the signals sent by the transmitter.

*Reports are an essential component of any vehicle tracking software. These reports should contain information on detours, routes, time spent to reach one location to another, stops, drop-offs, and etc.

* Another kind of report that should be made by this application is the human-resource related kind. These will contain and focus on information such as the efficiency of the driver when it comes to completing deliveries.

A vehicle tracking software can give indirect advantages. It can help give increased productivity, as well as lower consumption rates because of pre-planned itineraries.

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