With various systems available in the market, it is wise to consider certain checklist before buying a vehicle tracking system for your vehicles or fleets. This entails a handy list of features that are desired in any vehicle tracking system.

1. Evolution of GPS
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2. Choosing a Vehicle Tracking System

3. •Delivering a product or services is an important component of a business, but
managing a delivery fleet involves executing a large array of tasks and with little or no
room for error.
•Manually tracking the fleet is a difficult, tedious & time consuming task that comes
with a potential risk of loss.
• A GPS-based car tracking service system uses a satellite that not only tracks your
vehicle but also provides a navigation system for users improving safety of the drivers
and the passengers.
•While selecting GPS tracking device, it is wise to choose the ones with more advanced
features besides live tracking that can make your operations efficient & easier.
Introduction

4. • Firstly analyse your business and realise the need for GPS tracking system. Be it
security, live location, tracing vehicle, etc.
Vehicle tracking system can help mangers with its following features :-
• Locate vehicles and track real-time movements of a single vehicle or a whole fleet of
vehicles
• Help manage entire fleet through a single source.
• Safeguarding fleets against theft or misuse.
• Take data driven decisions
• Receive notifications and status updates via SMS, email, or push notifications.
How does Vehicle Tracking system help
you?

5. While choosing a GPS system, take into
consideration the following key points.

6. •Asking local police representatives and discussing
the situation in case of vehicle theft and the
procedure involved in finding one.
•Realise the role of vehicle tracking in the process.
•Some systems have limited support for tracking your
vehicles.
•A system that can monitor your vehicle in remote
areas is preferred.
Talk to professionals
Making sure systems should monitor
vehicles in remote locations

7. Systems with
both alarms
and tracking
capabilities
•The foremost important feature is the vehicle tracking
feature that the user or a manager can access on his
desktop or cell phones.
•Also with an SOS alarm and Theft alarm, it can alert
the admin or manager immediately in theft cases. Such
feature is desired.
•The system also shows the speed at which vehicle
is travelling and notifies in case of over speed.

8. •An admin should be
able to access each
details of their vehicles
even after the trip has
been completed.
Information like distance
travelled, average speed,
stops, engine working
time and idling should be
shown in the history of
trip.
•‘Geo-fencing’ is an
advanced feature through
which one can create
boundaries, termed as
‘Geo-Fences,' around a
specific area or landmark
on the map. The Geo-
Fencing feature alerts the
admin if a vehicle enters
or leaves that area,
through email
or text.
•The GPS system should
be able to track &
monitor the behaviour of
driver. With alarms like
over speed, halt
notification, engine off
and vehicle idle time
records, the admin
should be able to monitor
and assess driver’s
behaviour.
History of Trips Made, Geo fencing & Driver Behaviour

9. •The fleet manager can manage fleet by defining
‘access privileges’ to the management system
for other users.
•Users can be categorized into certain groups
and can view information related to the that
group.
Access
Control
&
User
Management
•In case the battery supply is cut to the GPS
tracking devices, the devices must have an
internal battery supply that can store data and
update its location continuously.
Battery
backed up
devices
•The GPS system you choose should have an
intuitive and simple user interface which
provides easy to use and easy to operate
features.
User
Friendly
Interface

10. Ease of Installation
•An important aspect that
must be considered is the
ease of installation.
•It should be a handy device
that could be installed easily in
your vehicle.
•Amongst the various options
available ,it is advisable to
choose the system wisely.
•Tracking systems are
available with different
features and brands.
•Research the features that you
desire and compare it with
prices accordingly.
•Also consider a system that
will save you money on high
installation fees.
Decide on budget
•A vehicle tracking system
should be able to record
important data that can be
used for analysing & decision
making.
•An analytics for vehicle
journeys, maintenance record,
mileage stats etc is desirable.
Analytics

11. Conclusion
• The GPS makes vehicle driving easier and safer for private as well as commercial
vehicle users.
• It helps a business that operates a fleet of cars or vehicles by displaying various
factors that affect operational performance of the vehicles as well as of the
workforce.
• Apart from only live tracking, a multi-faceted vehicle tracking system is desirable with
the above mentioned features.

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