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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