FoxTrax customers benefit from real-time GPS Tracking

Business clients of St. Louis based FoxTrax now can simply purchase a branded vehicle tracking devices, put it into vehicles and and start tracking their fleet assets through the website interface.

This solution allow companies to save time and money providing them with accessibility to fleet data in real-time and via timed reports which are the main components of modern fleet tracking. FoxTrax systems are designed and priced for small to medium sized businesses and each of available packages would allow customers to get more efficient in vehicle usage.

Up-to-the-second vehicle tracking

Any FoxTrax GPS package consisting of a tracking device and internet based software provides a business with updates that are made every 20 seconds while the industry average is from 5 upto 10 minutes. Fast and reliable up-to-the-second fleet tracking allows to avoid high costs of overtime and make tight supply deadlines.

Since FoxTrax invested in its own development of the complete infrastructure and hardware/software solutions its business partners  obtain customizable and scalable vehicle tracking systems working  U.S.-wide with multiple data carriers.

GPS jamming pocket devices used to block vehicle tracking

Thief gangs in the UK and Germany have begun to actively use GPS jammers to steal expensive cars and trucks with valuable loads. GPS jammers, small pocket-sized GPS devices operating on the same frequency as GPS satellites, allow criminals to confound car GPS tracking units by drowning out timing signals. In this case a in-vehicle tracking chip is unable to determine its current location and  can not report any position data to vehicle tracking centrals.

GPS jammers don’t need to put out strong interfering signals, as the the GPS satellites signals are extremely weak themselves. A thief only needs a jammer that can output of about 2 watts signal to “kill” any signal from the GPS satellites in area of a few meters.

What is a GPS jammer?

GPS jammer is an illegal device that is designed to block GPS signals from GPS satellites. GPS jammers are used to jam GPS navigation, data logging and tracking systems. GPS jammers could be used for vehicle, load, shipment, person, or every asset concerned.

Could GPS jamming be a new tech danger?

There are many fears that terrorists, too, could use GPS jammers in more powerful versions to disrupt air traffic, functionality of emergency networks and power stations.  A UK consortium is currently building the first GPS-jamming detection system, that is already tested in prototype stages and will be soon used at airports and other objects that rely on GPS satellites.

We often hear these questions:  what is the difference between car GPS and vehicle tracking GPS devices? I saw some tracking GPS that sync with 12 ( 12 channels). Does this mean  they are more advanced than car GPS? Is it possible to use car GPS device for tracking? If they are identical from the point of hardware/software – can one can use maps for cars on a tracking GPS and vice-versa?

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Today a new Qatar’s GPS company,  Ideal Solutions, officially launched a web-based vehicle location tracking service (Automatic Vehicle Location and Fleet Management System)for Middle East business customers. Ideal Solutions’ AVL & FMS – Automatic Vehicle Location and Fleet Management System -  enables Middle East companies to pinpoint the location of a vehicle immediately and also to continuously monitor its speed st the driver at any time. The system is expected to significantly reduce the expenses of the cargo companies and ensure the safety of drivers and vehicles.