| There are three major types of GPS vehicle | | | | information can be viewed without having the |
| tracking; cellular based tracking, wireless passive | | | | memory card from the vehicle. With wireless |
| tracking and satellite based real-time GPS tracking. | | | | modem wireless passive tracking systems are |
| This article will outline the advantages and | | | | also able to collect information about how fast the |
| disadvantages associated with all three types of | | | | vehicle is traveling, stops made and other detailed |
| GPS Vehicle Tracking. | | | | information. With this new addition many |
| Cellular Based Tracking | | | | companies feel this system is a perfect fit |
| The initial costs for setting up the system are | | | | because there is still no monthly bill. |
| slightly lower than the other two options. With | | | | Satellite Based Real-Time Tracking |
| cellular based tracking average costs are about | | | | This type of system gives less detailed |
| $500. A cellular based tracking system transmits | | | | information, but it works nationwide, which makes |
| information about where a vehicle is every five | | | | it a good choice for shipping and trucking |
| minutes over a land network. The average | | | | companies. The costs for setting up the system |
| monthly costs are about thirty-five dollars for | | | | average around $700. The monthly fees for this |
| airtime and for the information to be displayed | | | | system vary from five dollars up to one hundred |
| over the internet. | | | | dollars; based on how detailed a company wants |
| Wireless Passive Tracking | | | | the reports to be. |
| A major advantage to this type of tracking | | | | New Technology |
| system is that there is no monthly fee, so once | | | | In the next few years GPS tracking will be able to |
| the system is set up there will be no other costs | | | | provide companies with a number of other |
| associated with it. However, setting up the | | | | advantages. Some companies have already set up |
| system is a little expensive. The average is about | | | | a way to have a customers sign and run credit |
| $700 for the hardware, and $800 for the | | | | cards onsite through the unit. Others are setting |
| software and database. With this type of system | | | | up ways for dispatchers to send re-routing |
| most people say the disadvantage is that the | | | | information directly to a drivers GPS unit. Another |
| information about where the vehicle has been can | | | | new advancement for GPS systems is that they |
| only be found out when the vehicle returns back | | | | will have internet access and stored information |
| to the companies base. This is a major drawback | | | | about the vehicle so that a driver or mechanic |
| especially for companies that are looking for a | | | | can use the GPS unit to look up diagrams to help |
| tracking system that will tell them where their | | | | them fix the vehicle. In addition to this all of the |
| vehicle is if it has been stolen or in an accident. | | | | information will be stored and saved in the |
| However many systems are now inserting | | | | companies database. |
| wireless modems to their devices so that tracking | | | | |