Description:
The Vehicle tracking and navigational systems have brought this technology to the day-to-day life of the common man. Today GPS fitted cars; ambulances, fleets and police vehicles are common sights on the roads of developed countries. Known by many names such as Automatic Vehicle Locating System (AVLS), Vehicle Tracking and Information System (VTIS), Mobile Asset Management System (MAMS), these systems offer an effective tool for improving the operational efficiency and utilization of vehicles.

Current vehicle tracking systems have their roots in the shipping industry. Corporations with large fleets of vehicles required some sort of system to determine where each vehicle was at any given time. Vehicle tracking systems can now also be found in consumers vehicles as a theft prevention and retrieval device. Police can follow the signal emitted by the tracking system to locate a stolen vehicle.

The switching off of SA has improved the accuracy of GPS to better than 30 meters, which makes it an ideal position sensor for vehicle tracking systems without the overhead of DGPS. The GPS satellite communication modules are directly available in the market built by third party manufactures which can be incorporated in this system. Many police cruisers around the world have a form of AVL tracking as standard equipment in their vehicles.

Vehicle tracking can be used in the following scenarios

• Stolen Vehicle Recovery.
• Fleet Management.
• Asset Tracking.
• Field Service Management.
• Field Sales.
• Trailer Tracking.