4 Wierdest things people say about GPS

GPS is a technology mostly used by vehicle owners,fleet mangers. Since more and more people begin to use it without much knowledge , they create their own misconceptions about this technology, Half knowledge is always harmful.

1. The government/Google/everyone is tracking you

Seriously, this is weirdest thing I ever heard about GPS.If you look at how GPS works, then you’ll know that GPS is basically a set of signals that are transmitted to your device, which works as a receiver and translates the information into readable location data. Without going into all of the technical jargon, basically your GPS device is NOT a transmitter in of itself. It is a receiver. It cannot transmit your location to anyone because it doesn’t have those capabilities. Period.

Now smartphones are a little different. They technically do have the capability to transmit location data, and Google does collect it in order to provide services. However, the data Google collects is mostly anonymous and is protected by various privacy policies anyway. It is not shared with the government.

2. Just make wrong turns and it’ll find a new route

This largely depends on your device and your route.If you are on a route that has multiple ways and you take a wrong turn the GPS will simply say “recalculating” and plot a new route. At most it will simply try and get you to turn around and get back on track. So, if you don’t like the route your best bet is to pull over and manually select a new one or else risk getting lost while your GPS continually recalculates.

3. GPS only works in cities.

A lot of people think that GPS dont work if youare in villages or some  kind of rural areas. Personally, I think that the middle of nowhere is exactly where you ought to be using GPS signals. Besides, in reality you are more likely to have stronger GPS signals in the middle of nowhere than you would in the middle of a city. GPS signals sometimes become distorted or unreliable in the urban jungle, as it bounces around the buildings and is obstructed by other structures.

GPS devices are given with GSM sims, dont know about other companies and their trackers as far as we are concerned we use Airtel 2G GSM sim and its coverage is 90 % plus.Rest areas where you don't have 2G connection(which is rare even for Indian villages, but still for the sake of discussion) our GPS tracker comes with inbuilt memory so that in non coverage are data is stored in Tracker itself and when vehicle comes back in coverage all data is flushed out to GPS server and thus become available on our web server.

4. It’s the GPS’ fault you got lost

This is Hilarious. I dont know who came out with such conclusion but Hats off to such a joke maker.Your GPS is only as good as your maps, and the presence of a GPS doesn’t make up for a lack of common sense. Why do you simply rely on one map where is your backup map, always carry it.Do check whether your GPS unit is functioning and is up to date before you go anywhere. Chances are your GPS did not get you lost: your common sense did.

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