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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / November 2007GPS Chips Can Now Be Built In To Almost Anything
GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily track your child's location... http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/gps_chips_can_now_be_built_in_to_almost_ > GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built > into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily > track your child's location... > http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/gps_chips_can_now_be_built_in_to > _almost_ That was the primary reason for the Feds' big push to force Digital Cell Phone service: the digital phones report their locations and make it easier for the Feds to locate the phone. For at least 2 years, a parent has been able to subscribe to a service that enables them to tell where their kids' phones are. Most cell phone companies offer this. >> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built >> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Most cell phone companies offer this. But are cell phones actually using GPS, i.e. Sat, or are they using triangulation from several cell towers? Couple days ago on another forum a person that works in the 911 industry mentioned triangulation in locating phones. Mickey >>> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be >>> built into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Mickey That's the way that they locate analog phones and some early digitals. Check the cell service providers and you'll find several models that provide a full GPS map package. <G> > GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built > into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily > track your child's location... > http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/gps_chips_can_now_be_built_in_to_almost_ A home builder was losing a lot of appliances to theft in our area. He placed GPS devices in the appliances stored on site and they now have five people in custody for stealing these appliances. Don in Tracy, Calif. >> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built >> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Don in Tracy, Calif. Interesting. As far as I know, GPS units suitable for tracking must be able to transmit a radio signal to a satellite or other receiver. The normal GPS unit from Garmin or Magellin cannot do so. And those that can cost lotsa $$$$! Dean >>> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built >>> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Dean Tractor trailers, shipping boxes and the like have been using units like this for years. It's also what LoJack and OnStar use. The unit is a GPS receiver that sends it position either through cell phone or like on the tractor trailers may even use satellite technology to report it's position. Start losing 10 or 15K bucks in appliances and the cost factor goes way down on a GPS tracking unit.  SignatureFrank Tabor >>>> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built >>>> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >Start losing 10 or 15K bucks in appliances and the cost factor goes >way down on a GPS tracking unit. Also, when I was driving TT in 1999, Qualcomm was using truck tracking and 2 way communications via satellite. Their system was a couple of years old then. They also had units installed in the trailers to keep track of them separately from the truck. The systems cost about 3k per vehicle then. And that included 2 way messaging. I'm sure that the costs have come way down on these units now. Especially since the built in cell phone technology has come a long way. SignatureFrank Tabor >>A home builder was losing a lot of appliances to theft in our area. He >>placed GPS devices in the appliances stored on site and they now have five [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dean Could be Dean, I don't know but they were able to track these appliances down and arrest five people responsible for these thefts. From what I understand these thefts had been going on for some time so it was probably worth whatever the cost to recover these items and prevent further losses. Don in Tracy, Calif. n >Could be Dean, I don't know but they were able to track these appliances >down and arrest five people responsible for these thefts. From what I >understand these thefts had been going on for some time so it was probably >worth whatever the cost to recover these items and prevent further losses. > >Don in Tracy, Calif. Oh, I am not saying it can't be done and I suspect they are using a similar system to truckers positioning. I just don't want people thinking you can go out and get a handheld Garmin and it will allow people to track you. That is the argument I had with Mike Gallagher. He grudgingly admitted I was right. dean | >> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built | >> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily | >> track your child's location... http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/gps_chips_can_now_be_built_in_to_almost_ | >A home builder was losing a lot of appliances to theft in our area. He | >placed GPS devices in the appliances stored on site and they now have five [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | The normal GPS unit from Garmin or Magellin cannot do so. And those | that can cost lotsa $$$$! Not really the LowJack system uses GPS connected to a low power beacon that can be picked up and located by simple RDF (radio direction finder) technology that was used in WWII. Some of the tracking devices can read the GPS location transmitted with the RDF beacon In the mid '70s someone modified a downed aircraft locator beacon to track equipment thefts from the I10 long bridge between Baton Rouge and Lafayette LA. Sorry Guys, But, when I did have anything to do with Lojack, all it really had was a thing best described as a pager transponder. It had no capability to know and transmit its location. All it actually did was listen for its number to be called then respond by sending out a radio pulse that contains its identifier. Its up to the LEO with Lojack provided RDF units to find our where he is..(thas why every community has at least one car with four little antennas (antennea?) on top. Matt Colie > | >> GPS Chips have become so small and lightweight that they can be built > | >> into almost anything. For example, they can help safely and easily [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > equipment thefts from the I10 long bridge between Baton Rouge and Lafayette > LA. |
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