Vehicle tracking systems come ?n many shapes ?nd sizes ?nd serve a variety ?f purposes. Wh?n m??t people th?nk ?b??t GPS, th?? ?r? thinking ?n terms ?f ?????t?n?? w?th personal navigation. Companies such ?? Garmin, Magellan ?nd Tom Tom ?ll produce ????ll?nt GPS navigation devices. H?w???r, GPS ?l?? serves a different purpose – covert vehicle tracking.
Over th? last several years, GPS systems h??? taken ?n a n?w function, primarily f?r monitoring drivers – “spying”, ?f ??? w?ll. F?r example, a plumbing company h?? a fleet th?t consists ?f 20 service trucks ?nd vans. In th? past, ?t w?? difficult t? effectively monitor th? location ?f each ?f th??? drivers. In many cases, a driver m?ght b? doing jobs ?n th? side ?r taking three hour lunch br??k?. Oth?r drivers m?ght b? using th? company vehicles f?r personal ???. And ?f course, many drivers w??ld b? driving recklessly ?nd ?n excess ?f th? speed limit.
Wh?n live, real-time vehicle tracking systems w?r? introduced t? th? market, many ?f th??? employee issues resolved themselves automatically. Th? SleuthGear live GPS real-time device allows a manager ?r supervisor t? see wh?r? th??r service vehicles ?r? ?t ?ll times. Fr?m th? computer ?t company headquarters, ?r fr?m ?n? computer ?n th? world f?r th?t matter, th? boss ??n log ?n ?nd see wh?r? each driver ?? located, ?n real time.
Another ??? f?r covert GPS vehicle tracking devices ?? t? h?l? parents monitor th? activities ?f th??r teenage driver. S?n?? 2001, parents h??? b??n using two different types ?f tracking systems t? keep ?n? eye ?n th??r teens – live (?r “real-time”) ?nd passive (?r “data-loggers”). A live vehicle tracking device allows a parent t? monitor th??r teenage driver ?n real-time over th? internet. If a teen driver ?? speeding ?r ?? “out ?f bounds”, th? parent knows immediately. Two g??d examples ?f live real-time GPS vehicle tracking systems ?r? ??r ProTrak Ranger ?nd SleuthGear Live Tracking Device model m?d? b? US Fleet Tracking.
A passive covert GPS tracking device ?? essentially a data logger. In ?th?r words, th? device ?? magnetically attached under th? car ?nd save th? travel data ?nd history. Wh?n th? vehicle returns, th? owner ??n remove th? vehicle tracking device, plug ?t ?nt? th? computer ?nd download a full report ?h?w?ng th? travel history, including ?t?rt ?nd ?t?? times ?nd speeds traveled. Th??? covert GPS vehicle tracking units ?l?? ?h?w ??? ?n a Google map th? exact address wh?r? th? vehicle ?t????d ?nd h?w long ?t w?? th?r?. Spy Gear Pros sells two different passive covert GPS vehicle tracking data loggers; th? Super Trackstick , ?nd th? Sleuthgear iTrail .
Th? third m??t common application f?r covert GPS vehicle tracking devices ?? t? catch a cheating spouse. Th?? ??n b? done b? ??th?r a private investigator ?r b? th? spouses themselves. S?n?? th?? n?w GPS technology h?? become available, w? h??? seen husbands, wives, boyfriends ?nd girlfriends inquire w?th ?? ?? t? h?w t? effectively catch th??r significant ?th?r ?n th? act ?f cheating. Wh?n a husband ?r wife ?? acting suspicious ?nd th?r? ?? a sense th?t something ?? n?t quite r?ght, tens ?f thousands ?f spouses h??? taken matters ?nt? th??r ?wn hands t? confirm th??r suspicions ?f infidelity. Wh?n th?? d???d? th?t th?? want t? pinpoint th??r specific whereabouts wh?n th? ?th?r ?? out ?f th? house, countless suspicious spouses h??? ??r?h???d one ?f ??r covert GPS vehicle tracking units, attached ?t t? th? car ?nd l?t th? tracker d? th? rest.
