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GPS Tracking in the News
New GPS Beacons
Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems the leading provider of GPS-based, mobile security solutions for the security alarm monitoring industry, is pleased to announce the launch of the Guardian 1200 beacon for 12V or 110V powered assets.
This device is one of the smallest GPS beacons in the world, with auxiliary input, internal antennas and a back-up battery built directly into the device. It communicates on the SMS portion of the GSM wireless network for low monthly fees yet has a number of alerts to aid in theft detection (zone violation, main power disconnect). Applications for this device include such powered assets as construction equipment and ATM machines
Tracking Assets in the Field Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems announced that their GPS tracking system enabled the recovery of over $25,000 in stolen oil field equipment in October. The oil field equipment, known as chart recorders, was being stolen in batches from production sites every month for the past year. While each chart recorder is worth under $5,000, the ultimate cost of the theft can be many times that amount due to the productivity lost while the recorders were out of commission.
Want to keep track of your installation staff? Want to make sure your sales people are where they say they
are? If so, then maybe Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is exactly what your company needs.
Over the last several years there has been significant interest in how the security alarm industry can benefit
by offering customers new security and productivity solutions based on Global Positioning System (GPS)
technology.
While interest in selling GPS solutions continues to grow, many security companies find tremendous value by
implementing GPS-based mobile monitoring solutions within their own business.
In general, GPS-based mobile monitoring is when a device with a GPS receiver transmits over the cellular
network location, speed and other critical data about a vehicle to a software application, which can then be
accessed by one or more individuals within a company. Mobile monitoring systems typically require the
customer to license software and a mapping engine, or utilize a Web-based system. With today’s cellular
networks providing coverage to the vast majority of the populated areas within Canada and the United States,
mobile monitoring is available to nearly everyone.
In the U.S., there are over 20 million fleet vehicles and 90% of those are not yet equipped with any form of GPS.
Studies indicate, however, that over 60% of fleet managers are planning on outfitting their fleet with GPS within the next year.
Whether a company has 5 vehicles or 500, now is the time to implement GPS-based fleet management to improve the productivity and security of any size commercial fleet.
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