Indonesia GPS Tracking

GPS Tracking also known as AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) is a tracking system, which consist of a tracker unit (tracker) that attached to vehicle and an application that lay in monitoring center. It’s combination of GPS technology with GPRS (General Packet Radio of Service) technology or satellite as its media delivery of data.


Tracker attached at vehicle will accept coordinates from GPS satellites, Coordinates that accepted by the tracker will be delivered to monitoring application through media of GPRS or satellite (depended from type of tracker) and monitoring application will translate vehicle position along with all status of vehicles [e.g.: door open/close; engine on/close] at a digital map in computer monitoring screen.



In Indonesia This GPS tracking system was begin in 2005. Many company come in to this field, these are several of the list:
Vi-Track, http://news.vi-track.com
Solo System, http://solosystem.net
Indo-GPS, http://indogps.com
InovaTrack, http://www.inovatrack.com
Ctrack, http://ctrackindonesia.com
Tramigo, http://www.tramigo.net

A few of Tracker pictures :

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GPS Navigation Solo System-Teletype

This is my old toy, my first GPS Application for PPC and PC. Map is already covered for Java and Bali Island. You can browse cites, find street name/POIs, add waypoints, bird view and many interesting features. But now its cannot work again because it just compatible with GPS receiver from Solo System.

These are pictures of Solo System GPS Module








Here a video

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Download Mapmobile for N 9500 and N 9300

If you have Nokia 9500 or 9300, here you can try Mapmobile, an Application for GPS Navigation at 9500 and 9300.
Please note that this application is for demo only and it cannot connect to GPS without LD3W (Nokia GPS Module), here you just can browse city maps, find POI or street name.
This demo version only for seven days, please install with your own risk.


MapMobile Installer 225 KB, extract this in to Storage card root directory

1. from Nokia 9500/9300 browse for mapmobile_signed.sis and click Open
2. Click Install
3. Install at Storage card
4. Follow the rest of installation steps


Select one of maps below and Extract to “solomap/map” in Storage card

Open Map mobile Application, select file and open map….


LIST OF MAPS
DKI Jakarta 3.47 MB
Tangerang 3.25 MB
Depok 801 KB
Bogor 3.73 MB
Bekasi 2.10 MB
Sukabumi 3.63 MB
Bandung 4.69 MB
Surabaya 1.39 MB
Semarang 1.97 MB
Other map Of Java 31 MB
Java Main Street 842 KB
Bali 2.84 MB
Sumatra Island 733 KB
Kalimantan island 514 KB
Sulawesi Island 473 KB
Nusatengara Island 186 KB
Maluku Island 254 KB
Irian Island 383 KB

Pass : esi

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Toyota GPS Navigation- Indonesia

In July 2007, Motor Show in Jakarta. Toyota lunched GPS Navigation for Toyota LandRover and Inova.

Toyota’s GPS device has 200mm wide screen (it is wider than common AV car), sensitive touch screen, Bluetooth build in for phone connectivity, IR Remote control, TV Tuner, Radio FM/AM frequency, back camera function, CD/DVD Player, AV output SD card and USB storage compatible.

For Navigation features:
Java and Bali Maps, more than 14000 POIs covered all Toyota's service center , find nearby POI’s, find street name, night display and many more


These were pictures I have taken:




















for more info at http://www.toyota.co.id/company/news/article.php?article_id=1877

Did Honda will follow?

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What is Deferential GPS?

Deferential GPS is a method to enhance GPS accuracy. Usually DGPS can we found at harbor it function to help ship navigation to dock. DGPS is very useful to located reef or shipwrek

DGPS Correction is broadcast from GPS that have RTCM (Radio Technical Commission Maritime). RTCM is GPS standard format for all GPS to sent and receive data from one GPS to another. RTCM has many version from 1.2 until now 3.1. RTCM version 3.1 has ability to enhance accuracy with Glonass satellite.

Navigation GPS that has accuracy maximal 6 meters can be enhance to 1-2 meters if GPS get Correction signal from DGPS. And for mapping can obtain below one-meter accuracy.

Thx to AS @ id-gps

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Giove Europe’s first Galileo Satellite

Yes… in the future Global Positioning System will more accurate. Why, because europe has lunched europe’s positioning system that called by Galileo.
The fist satellite in this Galileo project named with Giove. It lunched in last 2005 and satellite successful transmitted its fist navigation signal at 17:25 GMT on 12 January 2006. It will be lunched more than 30 satellites to orbit in future.
With This Galileo system, europe can be more free to control and monitoring without GPS satellite.


The purpose of Galileo is monitoring, mapping, surveying, but the main is for security because europe cannot lay on US satellite.
So what the advantage for public, In future, positioning system in worldwide will be more accurate with cooperation GPS-US, GLONASS-Russia, and GALILEO-Europe.
Bravoo…

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Nokia Maps for N95

Nokia has cooperated with Tele Atlas to make digital map of Indonesia. It is one proof that Nokia commit with GPS technology in Indonesia

Now days, Maps just covered for Jakarta. But in futures will covered all java and Bali island

Nokia N95 was the fist series that using Tele Atlas’s map. Using Nokia Maps as its GPS application.

ith Nokia Maps, you can see the current location on the map, browse maps for different cities and country, search for address and different points of interest, plan route from one location to another and save a location as a landmarks and sent them to compatible devices

You can also purchase extra service, such as city guides and turn-by-turn navigation service with voice guidance.


System requirement to run this application:

- Mobile device with OS S60 3th edition
- Compatible memory card with at least 5 MB of free space
- EDG, UMTS, HSDPA or wireless LAN
- Internal or External GPS receiver.


These are the screen shot that I took:











Beside Nokia Maps, Tele Atlas has lunch Jakarta map for Garmin user, so if you are GPS user, be ready to have wonder digital maps of Indonesia.

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Nokia 330 Auto Navigation

Don’t mistaken; Nokia 330 Auto Navigation is not a Phone, because you cannot make a call with this thing.

Nokia 330 is a pure GPS device with SIFR III GPS modul embedded into this device

Besides as a Navigations device, Nokia 330 has audio player, video player and you can view your favorites pictures.

Has 64Mb for its windows CE and applications running. Has a SD slot for memory card that can be up to 2GB.

Nokia 330 Auto Navigation comes with Navy-G GPS application from Solo system.

Likes others GPS applications, Navy-G can plot your real time position, view maps, routing, simulation journey, find street, find nearby and add waypoint.

Map covered: tows of Java, tows of Bali, tows of Sumatra and some province of Kalimantan

in a packet Nokia 330 has glass cradle, car cigarette power adapter and 1GB SD card memory.

Bahasa :

Jangan salah persepsi, Nokia 330 Auto Navigation Bukan merupakan sebuah telepon genggam karena anda tidak akan dapat menelpon dengan alat ini

Nokia 330 adalah Sebuah Device GPS dengan modul GPS SIRF III yang terembeded didalamnya

Selain sebagai sebuah alat navigasi. Alat ini dapat memutar lagu, vidio dan menampilkan gambar- gambar kesayangan anda

Memiliki 64Mb untuk menjalankan operasi system windows CE dan aplikasinya . Sdcard yang dapat di expan hinga 2GB

Nokia 330 Auto Navigation mengunakan aplikasi GPS Navy-G dari Solo System.

Cakupan peta : kota kota Jawa, Kota-kota Bali , Kota – kota Sumatra dan beberapa propensi kalimantan

Satu paket Nokia 330 berisi cradle power ke car cigarette dan 1 GB SD card

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SoloMap for Nokia 6110

GPS Application for Nokia 6110.

Many News papers advertised Nokia 6110 that sold with SoloMap. That’s make me curious and finally I borrow my friend’s Nokia 6110 to make review here.

SoloMap has complicated installation steps and maps are required 230Mb for Jawa and Bali.
The unique of this Application is it has trial 10.000 days. The difference trial and full version, in trial version cannot connected with GPS module which have embed in Nokia 6110, so user can not plot his/her real time position in digital map


The different of this application is the existence of Solo Service feature where we can book a taxi, see Cinema 21’s schedule and real time traffic camera.

Unhappily only Cinema schedule is able to work. After I asked, Nokia said these features can run in next version.

Other features generally are same with other GPS applications that are Routing, Navigate, Find Street/Poi/Nearby POI, etc.

When buy Nokia 6110, it has include CD and license voucher. After installation, this application requires registration through GPRS.
User Interface is user-friendly enough, but the process is slow when moving the map

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GPS Navigation for Nokia 9500 and 9300

GPS Application Map Mobile for me is more tend to City Map Application, because there are no navigation features in this application. (Routing, compass, 2D or 3D view, etc)

With this application we just can see digital map in our Nokia Communicator.



The main feature is SENT POST that is user can send waypoint and insert brief message regarding the waypoint.

Others Navigation standard futures are:

* FIND where user can find for the street name at one particular area

* NEARBY POI where user can look for waypoints around its place

* CREATE WAYPOINT/ WAYPOINTS for open and add new waypoint

* TRACKING this feature need additional appliance to be able to monitoring a vehicle

* FULL SCREEN MODE, screen display mode


Lacks of this Application are:

* No "map auto loading” feature, so if you traveling, you have to know where reside are you in, so you can open map manually

* Inexistence of “Routing” feature, so user can only make waypoint of his/her destination. And user’s position will be drag by straight line to the destination in digital map.

* No 2D or 3D display




Map Available for towns of Java and Bali, e.g.: Jakarta, Tanggerang, Bekasi, Bogor, Ciajur, Cirebon, Depok, Demak Semarang, Yogyakarta, Sukabumi, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Denpasar, and many more

And one more thing, this GPS application just can be connected to Nokia GPS Module LD-3W.

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Brief Introduction About GPS

GPS known as Global Positioning System is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). More than two dozens GPS satellites are in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), transmitting signals allowing GPS receivers to determine the receiver's location, speed and direction.

Since its first experimental satellite was launched in 1978, GPS has become an indispensable aid to navigation around the world, and an important tool for map-making and land surveying. GPS also provides a precise time reference used in many applications including scientific study of earthquakes, and synchronization of telecommunications networks.

How it works?

The principle behind GPS is that receivers are able to use the technique of “Trilateration” to calculate their coordinates by measuring the time taken for signals from various GPS satellites to reach them.
The GPS software will account for any irregularities in the signal strength and clock.
Differences between itself and the GPS satellite network by using signals from four separate satellites to improve accuracy.
Usually the coordinates are then used to locate the GPS device on a map, which is either displayed to the user or used as a basis for calculating routes, navigation, or as input into mapping programs. For example, specific coordinates can be stored as waypoints allowing the user to retrace their steps by calculating the direction and distance to each waypoint that they have stored.

GPS Applications

• Outdoor activities E.g.: hiking etc
• Survey
• Vehicle Tracking System
• Military
• Aviation
• Navigation
• Security
• Environment E.g.: detection of birds’ migrations
• And many more…

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