The GPS Trackers are widely used for security purposes. Because of its ability to track the location, many car owners use it as an additional security feature in their cars. Now it is turned out that these devices are the sole reason for vehicle recovery for some theft cases. As a cost-effective yet highly reliable security solution, GPS Tracker are widely accepted and people use them all over the world to track things that are important to them.
Purchasing a GPS tracker is chaotic in today’s market. There are a lot of products with amazing functionalities. These functionalities may or may not be useful to your requirement. So we are listing down some basic functionalities a GPS tracker should have so that it does its job perfectly at all times.
1. Network Coverage
2. Live tracking
3. 100 days traveled route history
4. Instant Notification
5. Easy Access to see the position – Mobile and desktop apps
Network Coverage
The device must be capable of tracking the object in real-time. For that, it should have connectivity at all geolocations. Technology like M2M sim cards enables the device to connect to the best network in any location and in any country. The best part is that when you purchase tracker devices with M2M sim card, you can use them in almost all parts of the world. If you have a car locked up in your garage, and you are on a tour in another country, you can still track and make sure the vehicle is safe. As you would know, sim cards are key for communication between the tracker and the application. In most parts of the world, 2G networks are being cut off and 4G and 5G are in action, so, purchasing a tracker in old technology would probably result in malfunction in the coming year.
Live tracking
Live tracking means tracking the car in real time. When you open up the app you will get the live location of the device even in transit. This is the prime advantage of the GPS trackers out of all the features. Not only it will let you see the current location, it will also show you the route in which the device traveled. In an emergency situation, this route history will help us to recover the car effectively. Nowadays, trackers can provide you locations within a time difference of maximum 30 seconds.
100 days traveled route history
Unlike inbuilt GPS in the car, the dedicated tracker devices will help you to store the traveled routes for about 100 days. This option is so helpful that you can analyze the traveled routes, and you will get the statistics of your journey. It predominantly helps business that involves transit in day-to-day activities. Businesses and individuals can analysis of routes is possible, check driver behavior from these reports and interpretations. It will also help to select the best route from the historic data. More importantly, the track history help us to identify the routes taken and stop points in case of theft and other emergency situation. Generally, most of the inbuilt tracking system provide the last known location of the car but not the route taken. In some emergency situation, knowing the route taken would help the authorities to a great extent. Also, one can analyze the routes and see if it is the best route compared to the other option.
Instant Notifications
Notifications are based on your settings on the GPS tracker. For example, if they set the speed limit of your rental car at 40 km/h, the tracker will notify you when it crosses that limit. Likewise, you can add geofencing that informs you when the car is left a specific location set by you. The notification must be instant and should be delivered one way or another i.e., Push messages,
emails, etc. It makes a great effect when one could be able to act situation at the moment it was happening. So notification and its speed of delivery are important. As we know, a delayed notification will do no good at all. The GPS Tracker can now send you vibrational alerts, which is highly affective against vandalism and subsequent damages.
Easy Access to see the position-Solution Mobile application and Desktop access
In order to track the car from anywhere in the world, helps a lot to get easy access. All the configurations of the tracker are controlled using this mobile application. These applications must be lightweight (Small in memory size) and should be active within microseconds. A lag or crash in mobile applications will result in a bad tracking experience and may result in causing a lot of damages to the asset.
Data Protection
Data protection (see here) is the most significant part while using an app. With a GPS Tracker you are creating sensitive data because you are protecting goods with high value like expensive cars. Therefore, you should choose a reliable and trustable provider, Especially when using apps that are related to security, it should be highly protected from malware and also the app should protect the data of the user at all times. Only companies registered and have good track history would provide you the best data protection while using the app. During the last years, companies make more and more money with business models that are based on selling data. Be aware that your provider don’t make money with your sensitive data, and exclude providers with free software or other free models. You pay with your data.
Data protection is strict in European countries, so companies originating from the European region provide you with the best data protection policy than any other part of the world. Even in some parts of the world, there is not much efficient data protection law in force, so this could result in serious data breaches.
Conclusion
Providing additional security to a car is a good decision, as we have a lot of examples of cases around us. When all the security features fail, you can count on the GPS Tracker as it was hidden away from sight from burglars. Selecting a GPS tracker is depends upon your requirement, for example if you need trackers direct connected to the car battery or tracker with inbuilt battery.
The Trackers can be customized to track multiple vehicles using a single mobile application. We hope you will find the right product.