Vehicle Tracking Overview

Who is Vehicle Tracking for? Vehicle Tracking is for anyone who has a need to monitor the location, status, or activity of a vehicle or asset.

Vehicle tracking systems are commonly used by fleet operators for fleet management functions such as routing, dispatch, on-board information, and security.

Other applications include monitoring driving behavior, such as speeding, rate of acceleration and braking, engine RPM, and idling time.

Common industries utilizing Vehicle Tracking and Mobile Resource Management (MRM) are:

	Service, Maintenance, and Sales Fleets
	Cargo and Transportation Companies
	Bus, Taxi, and Ambulance services
	A/C, Plumbing, Electrical, Roofing, and other Building Contractors
	Couriers, Express Delivery Services, and Parcel Delivery agents
	Heavy Equipment Owners and leasing agencies.

What are the benefits of vehicle tracking? Systems offered by Suncoast Vehicle Tracking can provide fleet managers, business owners, or anyone who wants to monitor a vehicle with the following information:

	Real time tracking, positioning, alarm information, and sensor data
	Immediate notification of events by email, voice call, fax, text message
	High quality interactive mapping with satellite image overlay
	Suggested route, "closest to an address" calculation
	Simple, user friendly, web based interface
	Pinpoint a specific vehicle or view the whole fleet
	'Bread crumb' trail and complete message history
	GPRS technology for maximum performance and minimum cost

How does a typical vehicle tracking system work? A basic Vechicle tracking system uses GPS data gathered from a GPS sensor installed on the vehicle to monitor vehicle location, speed, and direction. A Celluar/GSM transmitter is used to transmit data from the vehicle to data servers that interface to the internet.

Users can connect to the data servers using a web-based interface, or through software that is installed on a specific computer. Users can then view vehicle and fleet location on a map, or review movement and activity detail logs.