Comments for Select Communications http://selectcomm.com/news Keeping you in touch! Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:08:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Fleet and Equipment Management Systems by admin http://selectcomm.com/news/?p=5#comment-3 admin Wed, 23 May 2007 16:42:27 +0000 http://selectcomm.com/news/?p=5#comment-3 GPS is indeed "free" to users - unless you're a US taxpayer. The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Transportation share joint responsibility for the current GPS system, and the bill to the U.S. taxpayer is $400 million a year! The rational is that GPS is for the "greater good", like public libraries, and so the cost is justified. Russia and the European Union are each launching their own GPS networks, which will also be available to public and civilian users at no charge. In any event, all the satellite system provides is latitude, longitude, and elevation where available. Fleet management firms like GFI Systems overlay that basic information with maps, zones, and "rules" so emergency contact centers like Select Communications can respond to emergency situations. GPS is indeed “free” to users - unless you’re a US taxpayer. The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Transportation share joint responsibility for the current GPS system, and the bill to the U.S. taxpayer is $400 million a year!

The rational is that GPS is for the “greater good”, like public libraries, and so the cost is justified.

Russia and the European Union are each launching their own GPS networks, which will also be available to public and civilian users at no charge. In any event, all the satellite system provides is latitude, longitude, and elevation where available. Fleet management firms like GFI Systems overlay that basic information with maps, zones, and “rules” so emergency contact centers like Select Communications can respond to emergency situations.

]]> Comment on Fleet and Equipment Management Systems by Sandi Bidewell http://selectcomm.com/news/?p=5#comment-2 Sandi Bidewell Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:10:35 +0000 http://selectcomm.com/news/?p=5#comment-2 Interesting that GPS use is free to users - they just buy the equipment from a dealer ... wouldn't the manufacturer 'pay' something for the connectivity side of their software? Is there developed software that gathers info from the GPS and then re-sends to a source that monitors or answers the email? bye Interesting that GPS use is free to users - they just buy the equipment from a dealer … wouldn’t the manufacturer ‘pay’ something for the connectivity side of their software? Is there developed software that gathers info from the GPS and then re-sends to a source that monitors or answers the email?
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