The complex task of monitoring
and tracking the movement of deliveries and field employees is
critical to any company seeking to minimize resource requirements
while maximizing their profitability.
Global Positioning Satellites
(GPS) provides specially coded satellite signals that can be processed
in a GPS receiver, enabling the receiver to compute position,
velocity and time. Four GPS satellite signals are used to compute
positions, speed, and the time for the current position of the
receiver. GPS is funded by and controlled by the U. S. Department
of Defense (DOD). While there are many thousands of civil users
of GPS worldwide, the system was designed for and is operated
by the U. S. military.
By using GPS, businesses
can track their fleet of vehicles by installing an "active"
vehicle tracking solution. An active vehicle tracking solution
acquires GPS information and reports the position of the vehicle
near real time (wirelessly), to a Fleet Management application.
A Fleet Management Application
combines GPS, Mapping and Managerial reports that supply critical
information to the dispatcher or fleet manager for monitoring
and tracking the movement of deliveries and field employees. Fleet
Management applications using GPS of the past have been extremely
costly and complicated due to proprietary software and complexity
of the solution. Over the last few years, wireless technology
has progressed rapidly and has expanded in capacity and coverage
to allow everyone the benefits of this technology. With the advent
of these new technologies and competitive pricing, an Internet-based
Fleet Management Solution can be installed for less than $1,000
a vehicle.
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Discrete Wireless's MARCUS
application is a Fleet Management solution that allows tracking
of a vehicle using an Internet connection. The overall system
consists of one or more mobile devices called the MARCUS Radio
Module and a personal computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The tracking device can easily be attached to a vehicle. The MARCUS
Radio Module receives commands from the Discrete Wireless Gateway
to monitor vehicle location using a Global Positioning Satellite
(GPS) receiver. The position data received from the mobile devices
are transferred to the Discrete Wireless Gateway where it is displayed
on a Geographical Information System (GIS) utilizing mapping technology
within the Internet-based MARCUS Web Application.
Functions in the MARCUS application
include the ability to locate and find a single vehicle, a fleet
of vehicles, and the closest mobile to a particular location's
address. View
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The system updates the information
on the vehicles location every five minutes and displays that
in real time. It can also display a historical track or "bread-crumb"
trail for the day or in the past 3 months.
The Radar mapping feature
presents a full screen fleet view of all vehicles and vehicle
identifications. View
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Our system can deliver to
your e-mail or text pager real time messages on:
The History function
is a map trail representation of a particular day's route. User's
can select different variables to be displayed such as stops, speed,
and highlighted route markers. View
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Access daily or monthly reports
on an entire fleet, a group, or an individual vehicle. Customers
may download any report into Excel for local processing and archiving.
The MARCUS application provides
powerful mapping features and reports that enable managers and
owners of fleets to maximize operational efficiency without significant
capital expense.
Functions in the MARCUS
application include the ability to locate and find a single vehicle,
a fleet of vehicles, and the closest mobile to a particular location's
address.
The system updates the information
on the vehicles location every five minutes and displays that
in real time. It can also display a historical track or "bread-crumb"
trail for the day or in the past 3 months.
Additionally, the application
generates reports including:
