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Table 13.1. Properties of tracking solutions
company
product
GPS
cell
WAAS
SMS
GPRS,CDPD
satellite
phone
custom
time based
on request
sensors
spatial events
BSM
Sentinel
√ √ √
√ √ √ √
Cellfind
look4me
√ √
√
√
Cybit
mapAmobile
√ √
√
√
Datafactory
Compact
√
√ √√
Fleetec
√
√
√√ √ √
Euman
LifePilot
√
√
√ √
Fleetella
FL1700
√
√
√√√
FleetOnline
FleetOnline
√ √
√
√
Trimtrac
√
√
√√ √
Global Tracking Solutions
GTS-1000
√
√
√√ √ √
Sat-TDiS
√
√
√√ √√
GPS Fleet Solutions
Marcus
√
√
√√ √ √
Gpsnext
Stealth tracker
√
√
√√
Guard Magic
VS, VG
√
√√
√ √
Mapbyte
Mapaphone
√ √
√
√
Mobile knowledge
9000 MDT
√
√
√ √ √ √ √
Metro online
AVL
√
√
√√
Mobitrac
Mobitrac
√
√√
√√
√
Siemens
m.traction Senior Care
Service
√ √
√ √
Telus
Action Tracker
√
√
√ √
uLocate
fleeTracker
√
√
√ √
Unteh
Mobitrack
√
√
√ √
Veriloaction
VL-Tracer
√
√
√√
Vettro
Vettro GPS
√
√
√ √
Web Tech wireless
WebTech5000
√
√
√√ √ √
2020 Fleet Management Sentinel Live
√
√
√√√
using corrections. The next three columns concern the types of communication supported, with SMS denoting the short messaging service, GPRS/CDPD denoting general packet radio service (GSM based) and cellular digital packet data, and Satellite
denoting satellite-based communications. Then two columns follow that capture the
types of terminals supported, with Phone denoting mobile phones and Custom denoting custom terminals. Finally, the last four columns characterize the type of tracking
or how position updates are generated. Here, Time-based denotes time-based tracking, that is, updates are issued at regular time intervals; On request means that positions of moving objects are pulled from the clients only on request; Sensors means
that position updates can be generated according to input from external sensors, for
example, an alarm, a speedometer reading, a thermometer reading; and Spatial events