Location Services

How FTRAX works?

FTRAX-GPS

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a technology that uses satellite signals to determine the location on earth. GPS devices receive the signals from several GPS satellites and thus calculate the current position with accuracy down to several meters. FTRAX GPS is designed to receive and to process the calculated position data and other data from the GPS devices and to display the processed results in graphical or textual form.

FTRAX-GSM

In cooperation with or provided by local mobile network service providers, the current location data at any one time is retrieved via mobile network interrogations. The GSM device of the mobile asset, be it installed in the asset or carried by a person, is queried in order to detect the mobile network cell to which the GSM device is connected. The query result is processed within the FTRAX system to provide the respective location coordinates and address.

These data are then accessed by the FTRAX operator and displayed in the same way as with GPS devices.