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Covert GPS Tracking

jhunter46jhunter46 Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
We would like to add a small gps device in some of our company owned vehicles to track driver usage during the day.

We don't need a full blown dash system, just something in the car that we can later download to see where they were then.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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  • xenchuxenchu Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I recently bought a GPS equipped Boost Mobile phone for $20 from Best Buy (normally $40), downloaded and installed MoloGoGo on it, and took it on a trip to Seattle and Vancouver with me. Boost phones have a 35cent/day data plan, so with that I had MoloGoGo upload our location every 10 minutes, the map was fairly accurate. The phone battery would last about 10-12 hours with the 10 minute upload rate, so I'm not sure how practical that would be for your purposes, unless you hooked it up to a DC power adapter.

    I believe the phone model was a Motorola i425

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  • Soviet WaffleSoviet Waffle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    On a per vehicle basis it seems you can just individually buy GPS online. (Googling "GPS tracking corporate vehicles" brought up links like this." If there's someone more experienced they could help you, but it seems you have the option to buy individual GPS (Which I don't know the quality of what's being sold) or check out a company in your area that seems to do more monitoring.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Make sure you check the legality of what you're doing. I understand it's a company car, but check your laws first. Just a suggestion.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    My dad's old company did this to all the company trucks.

    Often times towns will do it to snow plow trucks as well. So yes, it can be done.

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  • fuelishfuelish Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    How the pros do it:

    http://www.mile.com/mobilemc/gps/mobilemc-gps-dispatch.aspx?refer=goo2&cmp=MC4&gclid=CI75w7v6xZQCFQVcswodjigolQ

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  • WezoinWezoin Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I also think Microsoft Streets (the newer version) comes with a little chip you can plant somewhere in a vehicle and monitor from a computer. I haven't really looked much into it, but I remember seeing it somewhere, so I'm fuzzy on the details.

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