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GPS is nly part of the feature of Onstar, but it is actually more accurate than stricktly GPS. Onstar does use sattelites to pipoint vehicles, but they also use stationary towers scattered throughout the country (usually piggy backing a cellular tower) which gives them all sorts of information than just your location. It can detect you speed and directions of travel, elevation as well as software that controls parts of your vehicle remotely... Innovative, but a little scary at the same time.... Big Brother anyone?

2007-08-28 10:50:48 by kfount400

GPS Vehicle Tracking in realtime! This is ABC news coverage of the only true realtime tracking system on the market that does 5-second and 10 ...

This is for commercial vehicles. The system does not require outside assistance (i.e. a company who charges a monitoring fee) but can be operated by someone within a company.

What is a good brand?

When you say "automatically downloads" you're talking about not having to remove the device to pull its info into the computer manually.

These exist, but I've worked with them for about 8 years without finding a system that works reliably. If you're comfortable with Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, then you may find these systems acceptable once you figure out where in your lot/yard you can park your vehicles and still get a connection.

These are becoming difficult to find now that real-time tracking via cellular is becoming so affordable, but I think Laipac still makes them.

If you don't mind having to manually detach a magnet mounted tracking device from under your vehicles once every few days and uploading the data to your PC, I highly recommend one of the "Tracking Key" models from a company called Rocky Mountain Tracking. They use the Google Earth mapping engine.

2008-01-23 13:06:06 by MeThink2

Price: $269.00 $165.00

Easy to install, takes 5 minutes or less.
Records the complete travel activities of your vehicle.
GPS Receiver is the size of a memory stick.

I am opening a used car lot with buy here pay here, and I would like to know the cost of a gps system to track cars for repo. Also is it possible for the system to immoblize the vehicle? What about monthly fees?

I knew this would come in handy. Even though I didn't purchase one, I had a sales rep. give me a brochure on a product called Millennium Plus. The features are: Vehicle Location, Geo-fence, Trail, Schedule, Starter Interrupt. His name is Kevin Worth and his web site is http://www.WorthGPSTracking.com. His phone number is 866-213-5138.

2006-09-26 23:29:00 by Ford F

As with any real time GPS tracker, monthly service fees are applicable. Plans range from $10.00 to $25.00 monthly, without any service agreement.
Bing and Google maps with option of "birds eye" view
Geo fencing alerts (when unit enters or leaves designated area)