{"id":1344,"date":"2008-06-06T19:03:46","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T00:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/06\/a-guide-to-vehicle-tracking-systems\/"},"modified":"2008-06-06T19:03:46","modified_gmt":"2008-06-07T00:03:46","slug":"a-guide-to-vehicle-tracking-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"A Guide To Vehicle Tracking Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Salvador Paez<\/div>\n<p>Vehicle tracking is not just about fitting a tracking device into a certain vehicle and letting another remote piece of hardware home in on the device whenever the need arises. Vehicle tracking is a technology, and like most technologies it has undergone great changes ever since it was first introduced for use within the shipping industry. In addition, like most technologies, vehicle tracking requires a system of some sort for it to operate to its fullest potential.<\/p>\n<p>A device made from a collection or set of electronics, a vehicle tracking system tracks down the location of a particular vehicle either by the <a href=\"http:\/\/millionaireforum.info\/blog\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about owner &raquo;\">owner<\/a> himself or by third party groups. The system also has a protocol that the electronic devices need so they can perform their duty and be able to communicate with each other.<\/p>\n<p>Popular vehicle tracking systems used today include:<\/p>\n<p>LoJack &#8211; LoJack is a vehicle tracking system developed and manufactured by LoJack Corporation. Its name, LoJack, is a rather comical derivative of the term &#8220;hijack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>GPS has many user-friendly functions. For one, because it uses satellite tracking, it doesn&#8217;t need a direct line with the sky. This makes it more efficient and reliable in numerous ways. GPS&#8217;s efficiency is even preferred by numerous law enforcing automobiles, and it&#8217;s considered their most common way of tracking vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>LoJack &#8211; This tracking device is developed and produced by Lojack Corporation. The name &#8220;LoJack&#8221; is supposed to be a humorous word coined from the word &#8220;hijack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Just like GPS, LoJack is a very efficient kind of vehicle tracking system. Based on actual tests, this device is said to have a 90% efficiency rate when it comes to vehicle recovery. LoJack also helps prevent car theft. According to one study, this and systems like it generally helps lessen the occurrence of carjacking.<\/p>\n<p>LORAN, which also makes use of radio frequency like LoJack, is another popular kind of vehicle tracking system.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'>Avoid the mess. Get <a href=\"http:\/\/topvehicletracking.com\/Types+Of+Vehicle+Tracking+Systems.10291.htm\">Vehicle Tracking Systems<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle tracking is not just about fitting a tracking device into a certain vehicle and letting another remote piece of hardware home in on the device whenever the need arises. Vehicle tracking is a technology, and like most technologies it has undergone great changes ever since it was first introduced for use within the shipping industry. In addition, like most technologies, vehicle tracking requires a system of some sort for it to operate to its fullest potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gps","tag-gps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}