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Portable GPS Units
Portable GPS Units
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The early handheld or portable GPS units were
designed for military personnel. They tended to be
bulkier and somewhat cumbersome to use. Now
that GPS technology has been made available to
civilians, the GPS units themselves have improved
in one essential area of design: portability. The
new portable GPS units allow consumers to have
as much GPS power as soldiers have and in some
case more features. This article will discuss the
three types of portable GPS units available on the
market: portable GPS units used exclusively for
tracking purposes, GPS units designed for
navigation and portable GPS units which can be
used for both.
Portable GPS units designed for tracking are
available in a variety of forms. The first are known
as GPS auto trackers. The portable version of
GPS auto trackers are usually battery-operated
and can be conveniently put in the car’s glove
compartment. The next type of portable GPS unit
with tracking capabilities are personal GPS
systems. They can be a small device that looks
like a cell-phone, (which can be placed in one’s
pocket, purse or backpack), built in special GPS
watches or even in tennis shoes. These systems
can be used to track loved ones, (especially
children), or for exercise performance purposes.
The latter is done by allowing a person to track
how far and fast they might have walked or
jogged. Finally, there are portable GPS units that
can track expensive personal belongings, such as
laptops. These types of portable GPS units can be
placed in a USB or flash card slot.
On the other end of the spectrum are portable GPS
units designed for navigation, also known as GPS
navigators. GPS navigators can either be
handheld or designed for use in a car. Handheld
GPS navigators look similar to a cell phone. The
graphics can either be in color or in black or
white. GPS navigators designed for the car are
generally rectangular and can be connected to the
windshield by suction cups. Both types of GPS
navigators allow a person to obtain directions and
maps as they are on the road. Sophisticated GPS
navigators communicate directions through a
computer-generated voice.
Combination portable GPS units are designed for
both navigational and tracking capabilities. An
example can be seen through GPS-enabled cell
phones. The downside to these at least in
comparison to GPS navigators is that they only
work in areas that have that particular cell phone
company’s coverage. If the area does not have
coverage, the cell phone GPS won’t work well.
However the portable GPS units navigation
capabilities are not affected by poor cell phone
coverage.
Portable GPS units can be used for tracking,
navigation or a combination of the two. Indeed,
portable GPS units offer quite a bit of GPS power,
considering their reduced size. With a device that
is small enough to fit in one’s pocket, people are
offered two things: the ability to get to their
chosen destination on time or the ability to keep a
‘virtual’ eye on expensive possessions or loved
ones. Price-wise portable GPS units will be a bit of
an investment, but in the long run when one is
ensured everything and everyone most dear to
them is where they are supposed to be, it won’t
take long to realize the money would be well-spent.
:Portable GPS Units
designed for military personnel. They tended to be
bulkier and somewhat cumbersome to use. Now
that GPS technology has been made available to
civilians, the GPS units themselves have improved
in one essential area of design: portability. The
new portable GPS units allow consumers to have
as much GPS power as soldiers have and in some
case more features. This article will discuss the
three types of portable GPS units available on the
market: portable GPS units used exclusively for
tracking purposes, GPS units designed for
navigation and portable GPS units which can be
used for both.
Portable GPS units designed for tracking are
available in a variety of forms. The first are known
as GPS auto trackers. The portable version of
GPS auto trackers are usually battery-operated
and can be conveniently put in the car’s glove
compartment. The next type of portable GPS unit
with tracking capabilities are personal GPS
systems. They can be a small device that looks
like a cell-phone, (which can be placed in one’s
pocket, purse or backpack), built in special GPS
watches or even in tennis shoes. These systems
can be used to track loved ones, (especially
children), or for exercise performance purposes.
The latter is done by allowing a person to track
how far and fast they might have walked or
jogged. Finally, there are portable GPS units that
can track expensive personal belongings, such as
laptops. These types of portable GPS units can be
placed in a USB or flash card slot.
On the other end of the spectrum are portable GPS
units designed for navigation, also known as GPS
navigators. GPS navigators can either be
handheld or designed for use in a car. Handheld
GPS navigators look similar to a cell phone. The
graphics can either be in color or in black or
white. GPS navigators designed for the car are
generally rectangular and can be connected to the
windshield by suction cups. Both types of GPS
navigators allow a person to obtain directions and
maps as they are on the road. Sophisticated GPS
navigators communicate directions through a
computer-generated voice.
Combination portable GPS units are designed for
both navigational and tracking capabilities. An
example can be seen through GPS-enabled cell
phones. The downside to these at least in
comparison to GPS navigators is that they only
work in areas that have that particular cell phone
company’s coverage. If the area does not have
coverage, the cell phone GPS won’t work well.
However the portable GPS units navigation
capabilities are not affected by poor cell phone
coverage.
Portable GPS units can be used for tracking,
navigation or a combination of the two. Indeed,
portable GPS units offer quite a bit of GPS power,
considering their reduced size. With a device that
is small enough to fit in one’s pocket, people are
offered two things: the ability to get to their
chosen destination on time or the ability to keep a
‘virtual’ eye on expensive possessions or loved
ones. Price-wise portable GPS units will be a bit of
an investment, but in the long run when one is
ensured everything and everyone most dear to
them is where they are supposed to be, it won’t
take long to realize the money would be well-spent.
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