GPS tracker thru SMS??

[gArY]

just read in the news:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=83444

the owners of the carnapped vehicle used a GPS tracker thru text...
mga sir..., pa update naman ako re this technology...i've read about gps and navigation, pero tracking thru sms? san kaya makaka avail nito? any infos mga sirs?
salamat in advance..

[joey]

pre, kung hindi ako nagkkmali optional acc s pjero nung 02-03 yan, na patent ng pinoy yan. last year may na carnap na pjero fldmaster n rcover s navotas o mlabon ata, dhil dn jan. gling ng pinoy!

[yebo]

di ba pwede ikabit yan sa immobiliser para pwede mo turn off ang engine by sending a coded text message?

[Gen1]

anong landmark ang kayang tandaan ?

baka naman pag dumaan sa pegasus may text alert kaagad kay misis

[4f1arr]

I saw this website...maybe you can try this..

www.itrack.ph

www.gpstracker.ph


cheers!

[elpie]

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For more inquiries please call us on 8300911, for Asian Navigation & Tracking Systems, Inc., elpie.gatpandan*ants.ph, or visit our website at www.ants.ph

[KERSMcRae]

just read in the news:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=83444

the owners of the carnapped vehicle used a GPS tracker thru text...
mga sir..., pa update naman ako re this technology...i've read about gps and navigation, pero tracking thru sms? san kaya makaka avail nito? any infos mga sirs?
salamat in advance..

Im also searching for tthis. and almost 2 years since you posted this, almost everybody thinks of navigation instead of tracking.

[crayz]

what you are searching for is http://www.trackme.com.ph/

Five years ago, AVLS (Automatic Vehicle Location System) was virtually unheard of in the Philippines. Only a handful of end-users benefitted from this great technology called GPS (Global Positioning System). TrackME was instrumental in driving this technology to address concerns beyond security. Thereby, significantly widening the range of solutions that can be deployed.

Over the years, the use of this technology has been proven to drastically improve efficiency in the management of mobile assets. However, there is one constraint to realizing the full benefits of using such technology, COST. Existing tracking devices use GSM technology to allow the device to communicate. The most common medium of which is SMS (Short Message Service). This makes the operating cost still prohibitive since getting the desired amount of data will require a fairly large amount of GSM communication cost. As such, the full benefits are still not realized.

Today, 4 years after our entry into the AVLS scene, we proudly introduce the TrackME R1. A product brought about by our utmost desire to constantly improve on the products and services that we provide to our customers. The TrackME R platform will, for the next few years, be our core device upon which peripherals can be connected to allow flexibility in the usage of a tracking unit.

[oldiskuul]

meron akong improvise devise dyan....mura pa.....bumili ako ng 2nd na cel fon...nilagyan ko ng sim, inactivate ko yung friend finder ng sim (globe)_no nya sa cel # ko tpos yun na...itatago mo lng lagi yung cel na yun sa kotse mo everytime na aalis ka. dun mo ilalagay na kung saan ikaw lng may alam. just incase macarnap auto mo txt mo lng yung friend find ng globe find mo ung (registerd name ng cel na inawan mo sa auto) yun na...ibibga syo yung location ng auto mo...1000 lng yung gastos mo...pero loloadan mo din paminsan minsan yung cel na iniiwan mo sa auto mo pra hindi ma sim block. tsaka ichacharge mo din syempre...hehehehe pwede dba mga sir?

[crayz]

i'll say very cheap & practical yung diskarte mo sir

[KERSMcRae]

meron akong improvise devise dyan....mura pa.....bumili ako ng 2nd na cel fon...nilagyan ko ng sim, inactivate ko yung friend finder ng sim (globe)_no nya sa cel # ko tpos yun na...itatago mo lng lagi yung cel na yun sa kotse mo everytime na aalis ka. dun mo ilalagay na kung saan ikaw lng may alam. just incase macarnap auto mo txt mo lng yung friend find ng globe find mo ung (registerd name ng cel na inawan mo sa auto) yun na...ibibga syo yung location ng auto mo...1000 lng yung gastos mo...pero loloadan mo din paminsan minsan yung cel na iniiwan mo sa auto mo pra hindi ma sim block. tsaka ichacharge mo din syempre...hehehehe pwede dba mga sir?

nice..
network at handset dependent ba yan?
sana pwede rin sa super-savings na... ('araw')!

[KERSMcRae]

what you are searching for is http://www.trackme.com.ph/

Five years ago, AVLS (Automatic Vehicle Location System) was virtually unheard of in the Philippines. Only a handful of end-users benefitted from this great technology called GPS (Global Positioning System). TrackME was instrumental in driving this technology to address concerns beyond security. Thereby, significantly widening the range of solutions that can be deployed.

Over the years, the use of this technology has been proven to drastically improve efficiency in the management of mobile assets. However, there is one constraint to realizing the full benefits of using such technology, COST. Existing tracking devices use GSM technology to allow the device to communicate. The most common medium of which is SMS (Short Message Service). This makes the operating cost still prohibitive since getting the desired amount of data will require a fairly large amount of GSM communication cost. As such, the full benefits are still not realized.

Today, 4 years after our entry into the AVLS scene, we proudly introduce the TrackME R1. A product brought about by our utmost desire to constantly improve on the products and services that we provide to our customers. The TrackME R platform will, for the next few years, be our core device upon which peripherals can be connected to allow flexibility in the usage of a tracking unit.

I'll check this one ...
Hope this is better than what I'd search so far...

[xda2jojo]

meron akong improvise devise dyan....mura pa.....bumili ako ng 2nd na cel fon...nilagyan ko ng sim, inactivate ko yung friend finder ng sim (globe)_no nya sa cel # ko tpos yun na...itatago mo lng lagi yung cel na yun sa kotse mo everytime na aalis ka. dun mo ilalagay na kung saan ikaw lng may alam. just incase macarnap auto mo txt mo lng yung friend find ng globe find mo ung (registerd name ng cel na inawan mo sa auto) yun na...ibibga syo yung location ng auto mo...1000 lng yung gastos mo...pero loloadan mo din paminsan minsan yung cel na iniiwan mo sa auto mo pra hindi ma sim block. tsaka ichacharge mo din syempre...hehehehe pwede dba mga sir?

This is cellsite dependent, effective eto sa mga anak ko, bakit hindi pwede sa kotse.
Hehehe....sorry nalang sa mga hitech locator dyan na almost sa telco(some company) parin sila naka-base ang signal.
Di na kilangan manual charging ng cellphone, just connect it to any active line( active even idle.)
Then pasaload mo nalang regularly....

[KERSMcRae]

sirS xda2jojo/oldiskuul,

what do you mean by ..."almost sa telco (some company)"? di ba telco rin naman ang Globe?

Wala nga yata sa Smart ang ganyang service. VAS po ba ng Globe ito?
Gusto ko i-try tutal e multiple phone user ako (fixed ang sim sa handset, very annoying kasi ang multiple sim pero iisang handset).

Going back to the GPS-SMS (cellphone) tracker, malalaman din po ba yung movement ng tracer (i.e. cellphone) kung naka-stationary o mabilis na gumagalaw, not necessary na realtime tracking? Kahit anong cellphone model po ba pwede dito or handset & bandwidth dependent din?

TIA

[KERSMcRae]

Interesting article from: www.philstar.com

Dude, where's my car?
BACKSEAT DRIVER By James Deakin (The Philippine Star) Updated August 19, 2009 12:00 AM

For most people, cars are an indispensable part of the family; it takes the kids to school, mom and dad to work or play and just basically threads everyone’s lives together quite seamlessly. For some, it is far more than that; it is the extension of their personalities, or the automotive expression of their very soul, if you will. It’s their bedroom, lounge room, bar, music room, confession booth, private sanctuary and everything else in between. Man’s real best friend. Either way, wouldn’t it be great if your car could talk? Oh the stuff it could say...
Now it can.

A few years ago, I tried out a fabulous little SMS based GPS gadget that could keep a track of your car and text you updates as often and as detailed as you liked. It was a fantastic little party trick that would always leave my friends attaching a curse word before every adjective, but little did I know that it would end up to be the star witness in the case of Deakin vs. big automotive Goliath.

Only the hard core readers will remember this story, but for the benefit of our new readers, I will relive the tale for you. It happened around 4 years ago or so. I was having my car serviced at a popular repair chain that I frequented more often than I really cared to. I entrusted it over to the service manager and asked him to fix a couple of things they didn’t the last time it was there, as well as give it an oil change and whatever else it needed. I told him I didn’t need the car for a couple of days as I was going to be away for the weekend, so he could take his time. He took it literally.

The following morning, I noticed I had around ten unread messages on my phone. I scanned them in the order they were received, stopping briefly in between each one to yell out something more offensive than Willie Revillame’s comments during President Cory’s televised funeral procession, and although I don’t remember the exact wording of the messages, it went a little something like this:

Your car has left the designated perimeter and is traveling SW on Zapote road. Followed by: Your car is now heading south on the South Luzon Expressway, traveling at 63km/h.

No big deal, I thought, it must be a simple test drive. That was until the next few messages, which I’ll skip straight to just to save space.

Your car is now on the STAR tollway traveling at 162km/h. Your car is now at Malvar, Batangas.

By this stage, had I not learned how to breath in Lamaze classes, I would have had dinuguan flowing through my veins. But it was the last message that really snapped my fanbelt...

Sir, can you pick up your car on Wednesday instead. There’s been a slight accident. Your car was bumped.

Believe it or not, this guy had the gall to claim that the car was hit by a Revo in their parking lot. And, out of the goodness of his heart, he was having it repaired for me free of charge. All I said was: “Sure. But can you explain why someone was driving to Batangas at 162km/h on the STAR tollway? You live in Batangas, don’t you?” You have never heard silence so deep that you could actually hear a man’s sweat breaking through the pores on his forehead.

To add insult to injury, I had the tracking device installed at his shop that same weekend. Apparently, he even helped by lending tools. Needless to say as soon as I confronted the owner of the shop with the evidence, it was check mate. Forgive me if I don’t name the shop, its just that I find it unfair to hold an entire chain responsible for one employee’s actions. Besides, the owners acted swiftly and fairly – plus it strays away from the point of this story.

Knowledge is power. We all know that. But it is also peace of mind. Recently, I was offered a test of the latest evolution of the exact same tracking device that I used in that famous car. It’s marketed by a company called Tramigo, which also developed the software. Basically, it still uses the GSM network to communicate its location via SMS to your mobile phone or PC, but unlike the old system, it is far more accurately mapped. Plus it allows you to customize up to 500 personalized landmarks and comes with a whole bunch of other really cool commands that is integrated into a far more convenient menu based application that can be downloaded into just about any modern cellphone.

Aside from the convenience of being able to text your car and get its exact location, the Tramigo tracking unit can also be used to manage fleets and mischievous teenagers.

Take this scenario. Your kid wants to borrow the car. He/she says they’re just going down to the mall to hang out with some friends, which is 4 kilometers down the road. You know as sure as you gave birth to him/her when there’s that look in their eye that tells you that a large chunk of the truth missing from the story. Well, instead of slipping into the stereotype nagging parent and ending up drowning in the guilt of overactive teenage hormones, you toss over the keys, text your car and set a perimeter of say 6 kilometers. As soon as the car breaks the perimeter, it will text you.

You can also set a speed limit on the car. Anytime the car breaks that speed limit, you get an SMS. This works well for family drivers with lead feet and teenagers who played too much Gran Turismo on the Playstation. You can also control the ignition, attach a microphone so that you can hear what’s going on in the car and have it set to alert you if the car moves from wherever you parked it. There’s even a simple command that allows you to get status reports periodically – which is handy if you’re tracking a loved one going on a long trip.

The list is almost endless. And so is the potential. Considerate husbands can set it to text home when they are 1 kilometer away; cheating husbands can do the same when they lend the car to their wives. For those with security concerns, you can track the car in case it gets stolen, plus there’s an SOS button that you can have placed at a discreet location that immediately texts up to 10 pre prescribed cell phone numbers that there’s an emergency once its pressed.

And the best part of it all is, unlike some services that were offered to me before, there’s no subscription fees, no humans to interact with, and no chance of being left high and dry if the company goes belly up. All it costs is the initial P22,000-P24,000 for the unit and one peso per text. The only time it will stop working is if all the GSM networks go bust and all the satellites fall out of the sky.

I’ve been told that xxxxxxx is one of the authorized dealers, and I’m sure they could refer you to someone closer to your area if that’s not convenient. 22-24K may sound like a bit to spend, but then again, how much was your last cellphone? When you consider the investment it is protecting, and I’m not talking about the car here, it almost makes me feel dirty to try and put a price on it.

EDITOR’S NOTE: To see a video of how this device works, type in “jdeakin72” into Youtube.com.

now, would you like to invest your bucks in:
1. GPS Navigation
2. real nice AUDIO system or
3. GPS Tracking system

[ghosthunter]

OT: I wonder which shop JD was referring to?

[asmdriskell]

nice info...

[xda2jojo]

sirS xda2jojo/oldiskuul,

what do you mean by ..."almost sa telco (some company)"? di ba telco rin naman ang Globe?

Wala nga yata sa Smart ang ganyang service. VAS po ba ng Globe ito?
Gusto ko i-try tutal e multiple phone user ako (fixed ang sim sa handset, very annoying kasi ang multiple sim pero iisang handset).

Going back to the GPS-SMS (cellphone) tracker, malalaman din po ba yung movement ng tracer (i.e. cellphone) kung naka-stationary o mabilis na gumagalaw, not necessary na realtime tracking? Kahit anong cellphone model po ba pwede dito or handset & bandwidth dependent din?

TIA

Smart:
httpwww.yugatech.comringtonessmart-telecomssmart-person-finder

I just tried to locate my daugther Kia cp,
Result:
KIA is in the vicinity of Brgy Cabantian, Davao City, Davao Del Sur. Need Help?Call hotline, 888-9105. P5/locate.

Though not like a satellite real time locator but a cellsite dependent.
Not like you can monitor the exact movement or location, at least alam ko kung saan banda(meaning di pa lumabas sa city proper)
Using it to the car, in case of emergency we can guide the Police and they can put a possible roadblock.

Ordinary cp lang gamit ko.

This is a low cost or a poor mans locator, maybe if i have enough money invest na ako doon sa mas hi-tech device.

[edit]
Did not notice your last post, imagine 1peso per text for complete details...
Thanks sa info.

[edit]
I found the device: here.

[edit]
I read all the product specs, gadyimet...kukuha naako nito.

[prince777]

OT: I wonder which shop JD was referring to?

sir there is one in sulit sold at P19k+

http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/vi...racking+Device

[xda2jojo]

sir there is one in sulit sold at P19k+

http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/vi...racking+Device

Mayroon din sa ebay.ph pero nasa 21k to 24k
Better ask price from tramigo philippines, hinintay ko lang ang reply nila.


And 'bout "OT: I wonder which shop JD was referring to?"
Yan yong repair shop not the dealer, sila lang yata nag installed sa device.