A personal GPS locator is a small and lightweight unit using assisted GPS technology to help more precisely and reliably determine the location of it. These on-demand locate requests can be done from the internet or from your cell phone.
If you're using the internet, all you have to do is log in to a certain URL depending of the vendor of your GPS locator, click on a button and a real time location of you and your unit will be displayed on a map. It will also display the immediate neighborhood such as the closest street addresses. You will also be able to zoo m the map in and out as well as scroll it in any directions.
If you choose the cell phone option you just send a message to a number given by your personal GPS locator's vendor and the same map with the same information as described above regarding the online alternative.
Define Your Safety Zones
A safety zone is another function enabled in some GPS locator models. This is a customized virtual boundary around a location and some models allow you to create several such zones that can be active simultaneously. For models that have this function, you can opt in to receive alerts via email or text messages when you enter or leave any of your self-defined safety zones.
Tracking Intervals
You can set the tracking intervals on your on most GPS locators. The more expensive the model is the shorter tracking intervals you can set, for example every minute, every 5 minutes etc.
Location History
You can also get a location history. How detailed this is depends on the GPS locator model have. What it will give you is a view of where your GPS locator has traveled for the past hour, day or week. Some models will display this information on a map that you are able to zoom in and out or scroll in any direction, like the real-time map we described above.
Low Battery Alerts
Some models of personal GPS locators can notify you via email or text message when your device has been powered off or has a low battery for example 25 percent capacity left..
Be aware that personal GPS locators are prohibited to use on airplanes, just like cell phones and other electronic communication devices.
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