A lot of people have GPS tracking nowadays, but there is a whole lot more you can do with it then just find your way to a new address. GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It refers to a number of satellites around the earth that emit signals giving position, timing and routing data. While most people think of them in terms of in a vehicle to find routes to follow, GPS tracking has a whole number of uses. Use it to find lost pets or people, for example, it can help with rescue operations, enforce laws, find optimal routes to save on gas and more.

If you enjoy doing risky things like mountain climbing, hiking, going to remote places like the Australian outback, GPS tracking systems Australia can ensure that should something happen, an injury, lack of resources, or you get lost, someone can find you when you activate it. Getting GPS installed into teenagers phones is a great way parents can stay track of them, and find them. Shipping companies use them too. GPS is placed with each container on a ship and that way the company can track it all the way to where it is going, to ensure it ends up in the right place. Should containers go missing they can be found.

Another industry GPS tracking has had a big impact on, are companies running fleets of vehicles, from trucking companies to limousine companies, to delivery services and so on. With an investment into a system for all the vehicles a company can ensure better management of their vehicles, better route choices to save money on fuel, better delivery times making customers happy and more likely to come back for repeat business which also means better profits.

In Australia, about 80 drivers die each year around a heavy vehicle driving on a highway. Truck drivers face difficult driving conditions, fatigue, distraction and sometimes not paying attention to speeding laws causes an accident. As they are driving heavy loads this means they have a huge impact on those driving around them too. With a fleet GPS system management can ensure drivers are going at the correct and safe speeds, they are resting when they are supposed to and they are driving where they are allowed to.

Some systems have pre-departure checks a driver must perform, take declarations from the driver that they are fit for duty and mitigate bad driving decisions such as going to fast when the weather is bad. Managers can communicate directly with drivers when the driving is subpar, rather than after, or when the accident has already happened. They can also see recorded driving hours to make sure the driver is not fatigued.

There are a range of GPS tracking systems, Australia based or elsewhere, so the one you get depends on what it is for and where you are. The costs of these systems range depending on the software, how hardy you want them and whether it is the latest model.