How does the vehicle tracking system work?

What are the components of a vehicle tracking system?

A vehicle tracking and GPS tracking system generally consists of two main components that contain 5 basic parts:

1- The tracking device consists of 3 parts:

A- GPS unit:

It comes in several shapes and sizes and is responsible for capturing the satellite signal. Most of the devices are similar in the basic characteristics, which are determining location, speed and direction.

 

B- Modem:

It undertakes the task of communicating with the server hosting the program/application via the mobile network, which is the most widespread, and in some specialized devices, data can be sent and received via satellite.

 

C- GPS antenna:

To receive the satellite signal and another antenna for the modem to send and receive data via the mobile network or satellite

 

Example of a vehicle tracking device

 

 

 

2- The program/application consists of two parts:

A- The server:

It receives the data sent from the device and translates it by the program/application to be displayed to the customer on the map

B- Program/Application:

The user interface where location data is displayed on the map and other features such as speeding alerts, engine start or shutdown alerts, remote vehicle parking, and other features.