Fleet Management
FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING
By
Oluwole Mathew
Training Department, NITT – Zaria.
Being Paper Presented at Fleet Management in Road Transport Operation Course organized by the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria.
20th - 24th June, 2011
FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING
Introduction
The most basic function in all fleet management systems, is the vehicle tracking component. This component is usually GPS based, but sometimes it can be based on a Cellular triangulation platform. Once vehicle location, direction and speed are determined from the GPS components, additional tracking capabilities transmit this information to a Fleet Management software application. Methods for data transmission include both terrestrial and satellite. Satellite tracking communications, while more expensive, are critical if vehicle tracking is to work in remote environments without interruption.
Commercial vehicle tracking or fleet vehicle tracking is an essential tool for the business and security purposes. Irrespective of the type of business, commercial vehicle tracking helps one to keep its team movement transparent in order to meet the client's deadline. It is a cost effective technology that is used to keep the business on tracks and it works using the GPS satellite communication, in which the receiver unit is placed in the vehicle. With the accessibility of commercial vehicle tracking system, one can determine the vehicle precise location, speed and direction.
Principles
Commercial Vehicle Tracking is used to keep track of the vehicle movements and it stores GPS satellite signals showing the exact location visited by the vehicle, time for which it was there, speeds en route and the time the vehicle left each location. It is the technology, which is used to determine the location of a vehicle using different methods like GPS and other radio navigation systems operating through satellites and ground based stations.
By
Oluwole Mathew
Training Department, NITT – Zaria.
Being Paper Presented at Fleet Management in Road Transport Operation Course organized by the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria.
20th - 24th June, 2011
FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING
Introduction
The most basic function in all fleet management systems, is the vehicle tracking component. This component is usually GPS based, but sometimes it can be based on a Cellular triangulation platform. Once vehicle location, direction and speed are determined from the GPS components, additional tracking capabilities transmit this information to a Fleet Management software application. Methods for data transmission include both terrestrial and satellite. Satellite tracking communications, while more expensive, are critical if vehicle tracking is to work in remote environments without interruption.
Commercial vehicle tracking or fleet vehicle tracking is an essential tool for the business and security purposes. Irrespective of the type of business, commercial vehicle tracking helps one to keep its team movement transparent in order to meet the client's deadline. It is a cost effective technology that is used to keep the business on tracks and it works using the GPS satellite communication, in which the receiver unit is placed in the vehicle. With the accessibility of commercial vehicle tracking system, one can determine the vehicle precise location, speed and direction.
Principles
Commercial Vehicle Tracking is used to keep track of the vehicle movements and it stores GPS satellite signals showing the exact location visited by the vehicle, time for which it was there, speeds en route and the time the vehicle left each location. It is the technology, which is used to determine the location of a vehicle using different methods like GPS and other radio navigation systems operating through satellites and ground based stations.