GPS or Global Positioning Systems have been in the news a lot lately, as you probably have read something about them by now. GPS Navigation systems can be purchased to go on cars or refined to palm-sized devices you can hold in your hand. The latest item is a GPS Car Monitoring auto alarm devices which can be used for multiple purposes. The best, and main purpose has been to track and locate stolen automobiles.

So Just What is GPS?

A Global Positioning Device gives information to a GPS receiver, so the receiver which uses a software program can determine a position in three categories: altitude, latitude, and longitude. There are 24 satellites involved in transmitting information through the GPS. Usually these systems fit onto the bottom of an automobile, but there are other ways to use them, such as on a bicycle, motorcycle, boat or any mobile transport unit, or even a person.

Between 1974 and 1977, the United States Department of Defense launched these satellites and developed and used these systems to monitor missiles as they floated toward their targets. With the advent of former President Clinton, changes were made in the technology of these systems, such as bandwidth, and they were made available to ordinary citizens to purchase and use. With recent advances in technology there has been an increasing demand for GPS systems and market opportunities and intelligent applications.

GPS Millennium Plus Tracking system works on signals from satellites. It is attached to the underside of the mobile unit. With the advances in technology on the tracking system you can now control and monitor most functions on your vehicle. After engaging the system into the incredible constellation satellites, with the patented microburst technology, you can maintain contact with your vehicle anytime, simply by using the internet, or engage reporting and alert functions by email, or cell phone, or pager.

Millennium Plus uses extreme high technology, including GPS satellites and GSM cell Technology. You are constantly in touch with the vehicle through use of the transceiver. There is a two-way communication between your vehicle and your computer.

* When accessing Millennium Plus via the Internet using any standard browser, you send out a signal. That signal then travels to the cell phone tower nearest your current location.

* Microburst technology operates on existing cellular networks to send and receive data packets, tapping into unused channels on the back side of standard cell frequencies.

* The GPS satellites then locate and communicate with the Millennium Plus transceiver on board your vehicle, which exchanges information on location and speed, as well as executing any commands you've sent.

*Using cellular towers as a third party relay, signals will be sent back to you.

What would prompt a person to buy a Millennium Plus GPS auto tracking system? There are many reasons. The possible applications could be so spread out in a Millennium Plus system that they would be helpful at work, at home or for leisure purposes.

• auto-mechanically inclined
  
• sailors
  
• stolen auto protection
  
• parents of teen drivers
  
• errand people
  
• drivers on commission
  
• all-terrain vehicles
  
• car rental agencies
  
• heavy machinists
  
• firefighters
  
• sanitation engineers
  
• mobile caregivers
  
• alzheimer disease victims
  
• caterers
  
• police department employees
  
• car haulers
  
• RV'ers
  
• environmentally conscious people
  
• paramedics
  
• vintage vehicle owners
  
• park rangers
  
  

Individual uses for GPS vehicle monitoring anti theft system...all people with a safety conscious mind who want to insure the welfare of others and other vehicles and their loads.

With 1.2 million vehicles stolen at a cost of about 8.2 billion, vehicle theft has become the country’s number one property crime as listed by the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Reports (ca 2001). Worse than this, you will only have a 62% in 2001, chance of getting your automobile back. This rate has dropped from an 84% change of getting it back in 1990. With police failure at regaining your assets, how will a person get their car back?

In Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona, for two years in a row, the rate of stolen vehicles reached the highest in the country. A police spokesperson there suggested this; "installing a tracking device in your vehicle to help recover it if it is stolen" is the best way to deter criminal behavior.

Insurance Discounts

Millennium Plus has many uses, but is considered an anti-theft device. Insurance Discounts are an added value benefit of GPS anti-theft devices. Contact your insurance carrier and discuss if an anti-theft device discount is available in your area. Several states now mandate that discounts be given to anyone who has installed an anti-theft device.

USNO NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Information