GPS Vehicle Tracking Tools and Blog

What information is provided by GPS vehicle tracking systems? Here is a summary and examples of how you can use the data provided by GPS tracking devices:
Location data: Latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds. It is accurate to 33 feet, which is as accurate as any commercial GPS device. A vehicle location is updated at intervals of between 2-15 minutes. The standard update interval varies between manufacturers or can be adjusted by the owner (optional).

* Who is the closest to the customer who just called? See that all their employees are, for control of the route. Never again call an employee just to know where they are!

* Speed calculation: Rate of movement in miles per hour. Movement in excess of a predetermined speed (standard) or owner-speed (optional) triggers an alert, sent to the owner.
* Are employees routinely speeding? Speeding cause excessive wear and wastes gasoline. Your vehicle to represent their company to the public, what kind of image is one presented by a speeding or recklessly driven car company?

Present address: Compass direction the vehicle is traveling, expressed as north, south, east or west.

* It is used for ‘X’ on route to the customer or leaving their location?

Geofence use: a ‘virtual’ geographic boundary, created by the owner. Crossing that threshold that triggers an alert is sent to the owner. The alerts are usually e-mails or automated telephone system to the user, including the vehicle identification, date and time of crossing, location of the crossing and more, depending on the system. A Geofence can be 1 / 4 miles to 20 miles in diameter.

* It’s a delivery truck approaching the warehouse? Is the door open?

Alerts: an automatic e-mail, sent to the owner, with the date, time, location, identity and other details related to an event that has happened and deserves your attention. The warnings are triggered when a vehicle exceeds a preset speed or crosses a boundary Geofence, for example.

* E-mail alerts can be sent to your Blackberry or handheld device. You can control your business, while outside the office or away from your desk.

Fastest speed report: A daily report of each vehicle in the fastest speed.

* Why has used ‘Y’ 80 m.p.h. Driving?

Historical data: a record of all data on each vehicle, sustained for 90 days.

* What do you mean the vehicles more miles driven each day? Export vehicle data to an Excel spreadsheet to compare productivity among employees.

Power ON / OFF: Time, date and location of each case in which a vehicle ignition is turned on or off.

* When was the restaurant, whelk used in making the route Z?

Inactive report: Time, date, location and duration of each case in which a vehicle remained motionless while the engine was running. Owners can adjust the length of inactivity allowed before a report is generated.

* Idle the engine wastes fuel and causes unnecessary wear. Employees’ Z’s vehicle idled twice as long as the employees’ And the vehicle, perhaps employee ‘Z’, you should turn off your vehicle’s engine when making deliveries.

Mileage accumulated warning: A warning sent to 3,000 miles, 5000 miles, or the owner of a set interval (optional) as a reminder to perform preventive maintenance.

* E-mail: time to change the oil from the vehicle ‘A’.

Location on Demand: The ability to locate and display the location when requested, regardless of the date of last update was expected.

* Where an employee is’ Y ‘? I have to find it now!

Map detail: Vehicle location is displayed on a street map, which the owner can enlarge or reduce to see more or less detail the map.

* Employee ‘A’ says Main Street is closed for construction, what is the next street West?

Milestones: the benchmarks that may or may not be visible on the map created to designate important sites for users of the system. Famous might become a client, the user of the store, warehouse, satellite offices, etc.

* Who has been the store today?

Breadcrumbs: When requested by the owner, a trail of points can be displayed on the map, indicating a path of the vehicle during a certain period of time.

* Do overlapping routes between the vehicles’ A ‘vehicle and’ B ‘?

Many GPS tracking system providers offer additional information, but, as I hope you can see, even this list of basic data will give you all the information you need to manage their vehicles.