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How GPS can be used in a business by Innes Donaldson
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How GPS can be used in a business |
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Advice,Business,Consumer
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GPS data is used for business purposes for many different reasons. Data can be collected for evaluation and it can also be used so businesses can better streamline and manage its processes. The devices were once exclusive and used very much by the government, however there are now manufacturers who have made them available for use by small businesses as well as large businesses / organizations. This has really come alive a great deal in the last 10 years as more and more manufacturers have entered the marketplace. The GPS system and technology originated as a military application and since, its business uses are now made and put to use by businesses large and small. The devices go back to the early-1970’s when the defence service made use of the devices to track activity on the ground. Businesses now use the devices to good effect in a great number of innovative ways. Much of this is helped by the great accuracy to which the satellites can help track assets. Although the technology is very complex, the principles behind the GPS are very simple and so too it the way in which they transmit data. GPS devices can relay some of the most complex data for requirement and simplify the data itself for the full benefit of the end user of the devices themselves. Every satellite continuously broadcasts its position and time within one billionth of a second and this alone helps make the data all the more accurate. It is the accuracy of the data that GPS can enable which makes the systems to perfect for businesses to invest in and make use of. They are also versatile in terms of the number of ways the devices can be applied and use for business usage. GPS can be made to work in places where humans may not otherwise be able to operate. Marine businesses are just a segment of business which make great use of these such devices.
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