TomTom GPS

Apple launched GPS navigation system TOMTOM GO 710 for vehicle which not only shows you right direction but also entertain you. It shows direction turn by turn and it’s a key feature of GPS Navigation system. It has various features like music playback, communication, entertainment, and off course GPS navigation. You can chose route according to your requirements, such as: shortest, quickest, congestion charge areas and avoiding toll roads , by required arrival time, etc.

Key Features:

• Safety Camera: Receive and report alerts
• Portable: Easy to take from vehicle to vehicle
• Touch screen: No awkward buttons and easy to operate
• Extra wide LCD Screen: 4” inch high quality LCD screen with crystal-clear 3D graphics, 64,000 colors and 480x272 pixels
• Hands free Calling and Hi-Fi audio: accurate and clear spoken and visual instruction
• Real time weather reports: review of weather before you leave and it includes 5-day weather forecasts for the place you are going.
• Best Route: it include latest and complete map and plan your trip according to your requirement
• Route Choice: You can avoid Toll roads
• Multiple language support: 36 Language in 50 different voices support
• Blue Tooth Connectivity

Technical specifications:

• Screen: 4.0 inch widescreen WQVGA screen (480x272 pixels, 64,000 colors)
• CPU: 400 MHz
• RAM: 64MB RAM
• Battery: Lithium-Ion battery (4 hours operation)
• Card: 1GB SD card
• Chip set: Highly sensitive SiRF Star 3 GPS chip set
• Dimensions: 112x81x66 mm
• Weight: 300 grams

In TOMTOM GO 710 GPS Navigation system :

• 1GB SD card
• Carry case
• Home dock
• Car charger
• Windscreen dock
• External microphone
• Documentation pack
• Product code card

Price: 412.562$

Nokia 500 Auto Tracker

Nokia 500 Auto navigation system is a great device for vehicle owners and who want to install a GPS tracker. Its second portable navigation device from Nokia. There’s large 4.3” inch touch screen and feature and it has more features with Integrated Blue tooth, and text to speech functionality traffic information capabilities. Nokia switches from route 66 navigation 7 software to Nokia map.

Design: Nokia 500 have 4.8 inch wide and 3.4 inches tall by 0.8 inch deep for portability between vehicles. It displays 65536 colours resolution. Touch screen is responsive to touch and maps and image looks clear. Shortcut buttons are available below screen. Control include Menu button, Volume up/down button. Power button is situated on top as well as 3.5 mm head phone jack and antenna jack are protected by an attached cover. It also contain sd card slot on right side.

Features:

Equipped with a SiRF StarIII LP GPS receiver

Comes with Navteq maps of North America

Use Smart 2Go Software

Menu and other Buttons

Tell Specific address

Show Favorite Place & Recent visit place

Calculate Shortest Distance or Fastest time

Various transportation mode

You can avoid Freeways, Toll ferry ways

Type of GPS Navigation System

GPS (global positioning system) is a global navigation satellite system providing reliable navigation, positioning and timing services to worldwide on any time any place basis.It works in all weather, day and night, anywhere on or near the earth. GPS receiver use signals from satellite and get three dimensional locations (latitude, longitude, and altitude) plus the time.

GPS system saves precious time and fuel as well. By using this service you just need to punch address and GPS system will take care of the rest making your journey enjoyable and tension free. GPS system now comes built in vehicle or can be configured in vehicle to make your journey enjoyable. GPS system have map of every city and country so does’t matter which state you are in just punch address and GPS system finds right location along with road map. There are basic type of navigation system allow user to choose from any of them according to their need.

Mapping Software: its used when you are familiar with place and this device tells you exact address, different approach to reach destination and its cost around 50$.

Mapping-GPS peripheral: It’s a second type of GPS system it requires a pda , smart phone or a Blue tooth enable laptops connected to receiver. Its cost is higher than mapping software. Its cost around 200$.

Navigation systems: its cost around 1000$ and referred as In-vehicle system.

GPS- Technology making you mobile by mobile

Today, mobiles are indispensable and why not when they are serving as excellent substitutes to en numerous electronic Gadgets. Like, we have FM Radio, camera, GPRS, Storage resources, GPS etc altogether in a single mobile device. GPS ( Global Positioning System ), a word may sound a bit unfamiliar but is definitely not a new term. The GPS technology has brought a new revolution in the mobile phone Industry. It enables the users to get direction, track their friends, keep an eye on any special object, kids tracking or simply find the nearest hotel or hospital. In other words, it provides excellent Location Mapping facilities. Thus, now No fear, u go anywhere. Thus, making your life simpler and smoother.

Earlier, the Mobiles were majorly used for Social communication (calling and messaging) and for expansion of your Social Network. But, GPS technology has now enabled the user to use their mobile phones in location- based services also. So GPS really plays an important role in directing the use of mobile phone a new dimension. Now, you can easily track your friends without much chaos. Also, Geo caching lets the mobile users mobile phone users to participate in a treasure haunt game that guides them to a particular place in search of a cache, whose coordinates are saved on the mobile GPS unit. The Mobile GPS technology enables successful tracking of any identity with the details of it's Longitude as well as latitude. For more accurate tracking report, the GPS technology performs the calculation of user's coordinates with the help of satellite signals.

GPS has also introduced a new service called Subscriber location service which requires the user to fill in the address and the zip code of the destination they want to track. But, providing the zip code sometimes proves to be hazardous as it might not be feasible in some situations like while travelling any foreign area. Thus, many manufacturers are working hard to overcome this drawback and provide location mapping in Emergency. The mobile tracking service in cell phone allows the user to share their real-time location status, messages, photos and other information with their friends from a mobile phone. Also, the users can receive alerts when their friends come near to them.

Besides, providing all these facilities, another most important aspect is the user's Privacy and Security. Prior to location mapping, the user demands complete protection of the two stated aspects. The GPS technology safeguards the users privacy by allowing their tracking to only those users who are known to them as per their convenience. For Instance, if a subscriber wants to track a phone then the phone number must be used or a text message must be sent to the owner of that phone, who must reply in order to enable tracking. Also, the individual privacy setting allows users to hide their identity from the unauthorised users.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)

Global positioning system is a huge range in space research inventions. Its USA based satellite navigation system which tells the geographical position and navigation of world wide things through satellite. Means its locate the actual position at anytime, anywhere and in any whether and any conditions.

There are Many GPS used by people like car navigation system or a vehicle tracking system. Such systems are used many

specific GPS devices that the people works in present scenario. Mainly GPS system consist three things. These are satellite, earth and the receiver. Satellite are passes the signal from the space then GPS receiver receives those signal on earth and tells the actual position in reference of latitude, longitude and altitude.

A GPS receiver manipulate its position according to the timing of satellite sent the signal from the earth .it continually sent the signal from space and consisting various facts that a time the message was sent by satellite, precise orbital

information and the general system health and rough orbits of all GPS satellites. in the GPS system there

are three segment these segments are:

*Space segment

*Control segment and

*User segment.

This segment makes it easier and more discrete to incorporate the tracing possibilities of everything you could just imagine. it simply to purchase GPS handsets that are readily available into markets. To installing with these GPS receivers, people can correctly locate where they are and easily navigate to where they want to moving, whether walking, driving, flying, or boating.

GPS has also widely used in transportation systems worldwide, providing navigation for aviation, ground, and maritime operations. Disaster relief and emergency services depend upon GPS for location and timing capabilities in their life-saving missions. Everyday activities such as banking, mobile phone operations, and even the control of power grids, are facilitated by the accurate timing provided by GPS. Farmers, surveyors, geologists and countless others perform their work more efficiently, safely, economically, and accurately using the free and open GPS signals.

So you can find anyone of yours with the GPS system and now its time to familiar with a great technology......

GPS System launched by Google…

“Technology is deals with people”

This is always happen in the world of technology because recently Google has launched new software which called “Latitude” which enables people to keep track physical location of each other by using their cell phones.

It is GPS system which uses cell tower triangulation means Mobile phone tracking to finding the “Latitude”. It is work on any cell phone with Internet services. That GPS System is a tool to keep you for finding the location of your friends and relative and we can also find anyone by this GPS system, only permission should be needed.

This software allows you to share the current physical location of your friends and family member. This simply working by sign in to the system and locate the mobile which had already “latitude” installed then we can easily find out the location the Google map.

So this is more likely to yours people always near with you……

GPS application for iphone

Yes, if you have an iphone then this is your turn to convert your iphone into GPS device. A GPS company has launched its GPS application with which an iphone Will work as GPS device. All iphone user will be happy to know that this application is available only for $99.99 at all istore all over the world.

With the application, iphone will contain all features of GPS unit like voice directions and full maps of different cities in different countries are available at varying prices. The application is based on a technology, IQ Routes. The technology, IQ Routes makes this iphone GPS different from other ordinary GPS devices. IQ Routes taps into the actual experiences of other company drivers to determine the fastest route to take. The company official claims that by using this application iphone user can save their time up to 35% to reach the specific destination. Its another buzz is that if you missed to take a appropriate turn then the your iphone GPS will suggest you better option.


According to the company officials, over 30 millions people are getting benefit of the application. Apart from all features, company is also offering a car kit with which user can attach their iPhones to the front window or dash. The application is compatible with iPhone 3G or 3GS and requires iPhone OS 3.0. Company is also planning to launch new application which will be compatible with ipod touch and old iphones.

How Vehicle Tracking System works

Vehicle Tracking System is a huge system because it can consist of 24 satellites of a space for tracking any vehicle, So if you can interesting to know more about GPS Vehicle Tracking system and how it’s work then read on……

Vehicle Tracking System is used various products for tracking the vehicle. GPS Tracking for vehicles is used by many organizations such as car dealers, rental agencies, Courier companies and Taxi service companies etc. where they can view their vehicle on interactive map of their Real Time Movement. The map allows zooming in for a closer look. On this map vehicle can be represented as dots and it can indicates.

* Red dots represent that Vehicle that are parked.
* Green dots represent that Vehicle that moving.
* Yellow dots represent that Vehicle that are idling.

Working of an Vehicle Tracking System:

It can be done by online in which you can log in to the Vehicle Tracking System’s website then you can select a vehicle and click on ‘locate’ button. The Tracking system passes a request to GPS devices which is build into the vehicle which give response back with the position of the vehicle in terms of longitude and latitude. Vehicle Tracking System can also find out

# Speed of a vehicle in miles/hour.
# Indicating about the direction of vehicle in which its movement.

Now that you know how vehicle tracking devices work, I'm sure that you would like to install a GPS Vehicle Tracking System in your vehicle.

GPS Vehicle Tracking System

A vehicle tracking system is an electronic device installed in a vehicle to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle's location. Most modern vehicle tracking systems use Global Positioning System or GPS. The Global Positioning System is a global navigation satellite system developed by the United States Department of Defense and managed by the United States Air Force 50Th Space Wing. Many systems also combine a communications component such as cellular or satellite transmitters to communicate the vehicle’s location to a remote user.

How GPS Vehicle Tracking System works

GPS satellites circle the earth twice a day in a very precise orbit and transmit signal information to earth. GPS receivers take this information and use triangulation to calculate the vehicle's exact location. Essentially, the GPS receiver compares the time a signal was transmitted by a satellite with the time it was received. The time difference tells the GPS receiver how far away the satellite is? Now, with distance measurements from a few more satellites, the receiver can determine the vehicle's position and display it on the unit's electronic map. There are several reasons for why service companies purchase a GPS Vehicle Tracking Fleet Management System.

* Aide and assist in dispatch to calls.
* Have an accurate method of billing for calls.
* Better customer service, "where is the tech".
* Eliminate time theft / virtual time card.
* Eliminate side jobs and after hour use.
* Lower insurance cost.
* Make more service calls per day.
* Eliminate disputes between customers and mobile workers.
* Keep track of vehicle maintenance.
* More efficient business / lower costs - raise revenue.

New Vehicle Tracking System

With the ability to track, an old system of tracking any vehicle is difficult for client to find it hard to trust that their vehicles are under surveillance and Vehicle trackers charging many for initial installation and about more per month for maintaining the service.

An employee of tracking products company told that the company’s clients who own private cars prefer the VHF service because it is dormant and is only activated by the service provider upon request. Now, in present scenario in India, Various express highways and national highways gives best transportation as comparing the developed countries like united states but the problem of missing the vehicles become extremely increase.

For solutions of the problem, Various organizations developed the Vehicle Tracking System for tracking any vehicles. Introducing a system where your vehicle can go anywhere except out of sight. its can track you anywhere, anyone and anytime.

Today, there are various Enterprises company gives a Vehicle Tracking System like TATA AUTOCOMP Mobility Telematics Limited (TMT) and Combined GPS – GPRS technology from Airtel which provides an effective way of real time tracking of your fleet, anywhere on the globe.

Features of Vehicle Tracking System :

• Tracking of precise distance run by the vehicle.

• Tracking of precise location of the vehicle at any instant.

• Over speed alerts.

• Trip wise report generation.

• Other applications – Packaged foods, Employee tracking etc.

The Vehicle Tracking System lets you see exactly where your cargo is whenever you need to. so this system can be among one aspect which improved India in category of Developed Nations.