How does GPS tracking work?

Global Positioning System (or GPS) refers to the satellites orbiting the Earth that beam down signals that can be picked up by suitable devices. Your smartphone uses these signals to determine your location, for example.

Install or plug in

Once installed, the GPS tracker continuously receives GPS coordinates from these satellites. It also receives information such as the position of the vehicle, speed, location and engine status. It will then relay the data via cell towers into our servers.

You can then log on to the internet via a desktop computer or mobile device and see exactly where your vehicle is located.

CRE GPS factory

Precision all the way

Our GPS trackers have strong receivers that are accurate to approximately 6 feet, meaning you can even pinpoint parking spots.

The devices update between every 2-60 seconds while the vehicle is moving. With our custom algorithms, we deploy multiple techniques to conserve data while keeping the GPS tracking as accurate as possible.

State-of-the-art algorithm

The details of our algorithm are not public, but we have programmed the devices to make them intelligent and know when they need to update.

For example, if the vehicle is moving only 5 mph, you don’t need to know they have moved only 35 feet. That’s less than a block every 10 seconds.

However, regular city driving sees significantly faster update times to provide the best possible turn-by-turn tracking. By doing this, we can spend less on data and can pass the savings along to you and your business. You can thank our engineers!

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