Demand high for GPS people tracking device

Global Positioning System (GPS) devices for tracking people, called personal trackers and produced by vehicle tracking and security system manufacturer Arvento Mobile Systems, are in high demand in various areas around Turkey.

The device has been well received by parents who are concerned about the safety of their children. With incidents of kidnappings, child molestation and human organ trafficking on the rise, parents are worried about their children's whereabouts, prompting them to seek security measures for their children.

Arvento, GPS vehicle tracking and security devices producer has come up with the personal tracker, a device that helps parents follow their children‘s movements. These devices have been in high demand among parents recently, especially with the start of the new school year. The idea comes from previous tracking devices for pets and cars, which have been very successful. The device is smaller than a mobile phone and it can be put in a child's pocket or school bag.

The device, which tracks people via satellite, has a button that sends an instant emergency warning message to selected phone numbers, making it attractive to parents.

The chief director of Arvento, Özer Hıncal, told the Cihan news agency that the company has just sold 1,500 devices in Antalya and that demand is increasing in other provinces, too.

“Because it is easily carried and has practical use, parents are inclined to buy this device which costs only TL 300. They can use it to track everything they want to follow,” he added

Personal trackers used for various purposes

Apart from parents, relatives of Alzheimer's patients, a brain disorder characterized by gradual mental deterioration, find this device useful as it allows them to easily find their family members who suffer from Alzheimer's, who sometimes even forget how to get home.

Furthermore, jewelers who sometimes have to carry expensive jewelry in their bags use the personal tracker to find their belongings in the event of a possible theft. Even municipalities use this device to make sure their employees are working.

Hıncal notes that GPS tracking devices for vehicles are also in high demand, adding that undersecretaries of customs in Turkey have bought 1,250 personal trackers. They place the device on suspicious vehicles that come through customs to transport commercial goods and follow them until they leave Turkey. If the cars stray from their intended routes, police stop and search them.

Meanwhile, Hıncal said that there is some demand from abroad, too. He adds that the undersecretary of customs in Azerbaijan has bought 100 devices from the company. They use these devices to fight drug smuggling and monitor suspicious vehicles in the country.

Emphasizing that the company had a turnover of about TL 20 million in 2010, Hıncal says that they want to be an internationally renowned brand in the area of GPS. Their target for the future is to rank in the top three most successful companies in the world.

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CPS Offers E-GPS High Accuracy Mobile Location Technology

CPS (Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd) announced the launch of an MS-based version of its E-GPS high accuracy mobile location technology for GSM/W-CDMA networks – designed to deliver faster location fixes, lower cost implementations and reduced power and processing requirements.

E-GPS (Enhanced GPS) combines satellite-based location technology with CPS’s Matrix technology, which measures network-based signalling to deliver all environment coverage. Effectively, once an end user initiates a location request, they receive a sub-100m Matrix location instantly– then CPS’s [+/- 2 microsecond] fine time aiding allows for acquisition of GPS satellites within seconds.

The benefit of fine time aiding is that the device now knows where to look for a GPS signal. This enables a more aggressive search and is equivalent to 6 dB more sensitivity than can be achieved with any amount of GPS hardware correlator in the terminal. So powerful is this assistance that it also enables software-only GPS solutions to operate reliably in all environments.

This new version meets growing demand for seamless indoor/outdoor high accuracy performance – particularly to support personal navigation and tracking applications. With all of the positioning and timing applications, including calculation of fine time aiding, being performed inside the handset, power and processing requirements normally associated with GPS performance indoors or in urban areas is radically reduced – by up to a factor of 10 – for both initial acquisition of GPS signals and subsequent tracking.

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GPS Tracking Berbasis CDMA Pertama di Indonesia

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Anda sangat khawatir dan ingin mengetahui posisi kendaraan anda saat ini? Jangan khawatir, ada sistem Global Position System atau yang akrab di sebut GPS Tracking akan sangat mebantu anda dalam mengikuti jejak kendaraan.

Selain itu, sistem GPS Tracking ini biasanya bisa sangat hebat dalam menentukan posisi kendaraan anda secara langsung baik itu melalui sms sekalipun. Dan ketika memikirkan tentang sistem ini, penting untuk menemukan produk yang benar yang menguntungkan sehingga anda tidak perlu membuat kesalahan dalam proses pemilihan.

Oleh karenba itulah, MUliaGPS meluncurkan produck terbarunya berupa GPS Tracking Berbasis CDMA yang pertama diIndonesia. Peluncuran yang dilakukan secara langung di ajang Indonesia International Motor (IIMS) 2011, Sabtu(30/7/2011).

Lulu, Publick Relation of Muliagps menjelaskan kepada Tribunnnews bahwa Penggunaan produck GPS berabasis CDMA ini menggunakan proses yang sangat mudah. Posisi kendaraan dari sinyal GPS dapat diakses oleh konsumen dimanapun dan kapanpun melalui ponsel atau internet browser secara realtime dengan menggunakan suatu perangkat GPS Tracker berukuran kecil yang dipasang secara tersembunyi.

"Alat ini sangat kecil dan bisa ditempatkan dimana saja, dimana penempatan alat ini ditujukan untuk mengetahui posisi kendaraan, mematikan mesin secara otomatis melalui sms (jika dicuri). Juga bisa melakukan komunikasi satu arah (disadap) sehingga mampu mendengar percakapan supir dan sekitanya," terang Lulu.

Dengan mengandalkan tenaga yang bersumber dari Aki Mobil dan mampu bertahan selama 5 jam tanpa dihubungkan ke Aki, alat ini diakui Lulu sudah digunakan di seluruh Indonesia dengan perbandingan 80-20 untuk kendaraan Niaga dan Pribadi.

"Produk ini sudah laku keras di seluruh Indonesia denan total penjualan saat ini mencapai 80 ribu unit untuk jenis GSM, dan untuk produk terbaru ini yang menggunakan CDMA kita mengharapkan hal yang sama," terang Lulu.

Pelacak ini cocok untuk beberapa kegunaan seperti Niaga dan Pribadi karena kemampuannya dalam memberikan fungsi terbaiknya. Pelacak ini juga mempunyai kemampuan untuk memantau dan melacak berbagai macam kendaraan yang ada sekarang ini seperti limosin, minivan, SUV, bus, trailer dan lain-lain sehingga penggunaannya sangat direkomendasikan.

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GPS Tracking in Many Different Fields

GPS tracking is very popular for many different applications

For a correct understanding it is important to know that any GPS tracking device consists of at least two different "blocks". First, of course, a GPS receiver. Second a wireless modem or a cell phone, that allows for the transfer of location information from the device to the person who wants to know this information.

In the following article "GPS tracking explained" we investigate the different possibilities.

GPS car tracking is one of the oldest tracking applications, as the dimensions and weight of the devices are less critical for installation in a car. On our "GPS car tracking" page we describe several different types.

We have created a new page new GPS car tracking with all information about new GPS car tracking solutions.

Trucks, trailers, railcars, containers, etc. often have to be tracked over very long distances. Even international and inter-continental. International cell phone networks have great trouble to accomplish this difficult task. For that reason for this kind of transports one uses satellite communications networks for the GPS tracking devices. On the "GPS tracking for trucks" page, we have information about several professional solutions.

One of our favorite GPS tracking applications is GPS Wildlife Tracking. On our "GPS wildlife tracking" page there are examples of collars for the biggest mammals to very small devices for birds.

"Personal GPS locators" operate on the same principle, but most have a Panic Button and/or some large buttons to initiate a voice communication with pre-programmed phone numbers. And for these locators the weight and dimensions are really important.

We have created a new page new GPS locators with all information about new GPS locators.

"Teen car tracking" devices are the same as ordinary car tracking devices, but often they do not only report the location, but also other parameters such as speed and acceleration/deceleration.

We have added new teen car tracking solutions on a new page "new Teen car tracking".

Weight and dimensions are of extreme importance for "Pet tracking" devices. This is probably the reason why we did not discover any tracking devices for cats yet.

We have added 8 new devices on a new page "GPS pet tracking update".

Always the same principle, but a category on its own, are "GPS Offender tracking" devices. They are often worn on an ankle bracelet. Device and bracelet must be tamper-proof.

Another very special tracking category and often mandatory is "Marine tracking". Contact with land-based stations can only be guaranteed via "Communication Satellites". For professional boaters there is a lot that is controlled in the "Maritime Regulations".

With more and more cell phones equipped with GPS, we also see more special tracking solutions for GPS phones. What we called "Other GPS tracking" shows some of them.

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