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- What is the Strike Force GPS Solution?
Strike Force GPS is a wireless communication hardware, paired with internet-based
asset Location Services, which provides real-time asset tracking and fleet
management tools for all of your company's vehicles, fleets, mobile and fixed
assets.
- What is Asset Location and Recovery Service?
This simply allows authorized users in your company (dispatchers, drivers
and managers) to precisely track mobile and fixed assets - cars, vans or
trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, and marine assets for example - for improved
scheduling and route planning.
What makes this possible is an onboard tracking and communication device.
This small box collects GPS position data and calculates speed, then transmits
all data to Strike Force GPS servers over the wireless data network.
Authorized users can access that data on any internet-enabled PC using Microsoft
Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Location and path information is available
in map form, also in a variety of print-ready report formats.
Strike Force GPS's web-based solution offers unique utility and convenience.
No additional hardware or software is needed at your office. All it takes
is Internet access with common web browsers.
- How Does GPS Work?
GPS stands for Global Positioning System. The GPS receiver has a small antenna
that receives signals from a constellation of GPS satellites. Using the timing
of signal reception from multiple satellites, the receiver calculates its
own position, speed and elevation.
GPS satellite signals are transmitted free of charge by the U.S. Government.
GPS receivers come in all shapes and sizes suitable for boating, wilderness
hiking and other outdoor activities.
The Strike Force GPS solution combines a GPS receiver with a wireless modem.
The radio transmits GPS-calculated positions back over a wireless network.
Location and course data is then uploaded to the Strike Force GPS web site.
Authorized users monitor vehicle movement on maps and reports displaying
route information, stop location/ duration and other valuable information.
- Is the Strike Force GPS solution appropriate for both
small and large fleets?
Absolutely. Strike Force GPS requires no up-front investment in servers or
software, so the Strike Force GPS service is equally cost-effective for one
to one million or more! Suitability depends on purpose, not on price.
- Is Strike Force GPS map and report information real-time?
It's near real-time. The in-vehicle Strike Force GPS unit transmits GPS position
data to the Strike Force GPS servers, which in turn updates your Strike Force
GPS web pages. Updates are transmitted at standard intervals. This provides
timely location updates, while avoiding the data-overload problems that come
with continuous position updates.
The Strike Force GPS web site maps display asset position as updates are
received. You control settings for how often the maps update. So depending
on how frequently maps update - also depending on when vehicle reports were
last received - location data can be virtually real-time!
- What hardware and/or software do I need to use my Strike
Force GPS solution?
The hardware consists of a small Strike Force GPS Unit installed in each
mobile or fixed asset you want to monitor. Negligible power - drawn from
the vehicle's own electrical system - is used. The Strike Force GPS unit
includes an integrated GPS receiver and antenna, plus a wireless data radio
connected to a cellular antenna.
Software is a secure suite of web pages accessible to authorized users only,
available on any PC running Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. No
other hardware or software is required.
- Why should I consider the Strike Force GPS solution? How
do I benefit by using it?
Benefits include improved customer service, increased productivity through
better scheduling, as well as enhanced driver safety and asset protection.
Having Strike Force GPS vehicle tracking information available allows
your company to:
- Enhance customer service.
- Provide better-estimated arrival times.
- Improve on-time delivery by rerouting vehicles.
- Resolve disputes when delivery times are questioned.
- Improve productivity.
- Monitor and optimize vehicle customer stops.
- Check for on-route compliance.
- Conduct post-route analysis to improve scheduling.
- Safeguard drivers and protect vehicle assets.
- Track driver safety by monitoring vehicle speed and travel patterns.
- Monitor vehicle use during and after work hours.
- What if I need to know asset position right this instant?
This in known as asset polling. You may instantly locate
a mobile or fixed asset anywhere in North America. You
simply select "Locate Asset" from your
secure web browser and within a few seconds your Strike Force GPS solution
pinpoints the asset. If this is a mobile asset that is on the move you
receive location, speed and heading!
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