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In the first part of this series of 10 articles I explained the differences between GPS Navigation Systems and GPS Tracking Systems, and how they are two completely different of implementations of Location Based Services. In this second article I will develop some additional concepts related to the elements that constitute a GPS Tracking System. There are 3 main parts to a GPS Tracking System:

– A GPS device or GPS Tracker, which receives the location information and then delivers it to a software application.

– A data transmission system, which takes the information provided by the GPS Tracker, and delivers it to the software application.

– A Software Application, which presents to its users the data recollected by the GPS Tracker in several formats including maps and reports.

This article will present the main components of a GPS Tracking Solution, and will start expanding on the first component: gps Trackers. It will take me this article and the next one to go in detail over GPS devices.

GPS Devices

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In this section I will define what a GPS Device, and how they work; after that I will present the types of GPS Trackers, including most of the features that these devices offer, and my opinion in regards to each type.

At its simplest definition, the GPS device, or better the GPS tracker, is the component in charge of receiving the information about the location of the vehicle, and providing this data to the GPS Tracking Application through the Data Transmission System (which will be explained in coming articles). GPS Trackers are usually small boxes (metal or plastic) that can be the size of a man’s wallet, or a little bigger. All of them need at least one antenna (GPS antenna), and most of them need an additional antenna to enable the data transmission module. So this leads to a first classification of GPS Trackers:

-Full satellite trackers. This type of trackers will use satellites to receive and transmit data.

-Hybrid trackers. This type of trackers will use satellites to acquire location (we will see some variations here later in this article), and another method to transmit the data (a data modem, a data port to download the data, etc).

On the next article I will expand on these concepts.

So, the main task of a GPS Tracker is to provide information of the location of a vehicle or an asset, or a person. The location of the units is usually acquired from the GPS satellites, but there is another method based on triangulation with cell towers to calculate locations. Getting the location from satellites is the most accurate mechanism, providing a minimal margin of error most of the times (from 2 up to 50 feet). GPS location can be acquired anywhere in the world. The only down side for this location technology is that the GPS antenna has to have a view to the sky. For example, if the vehicle gets into a garage, most probably there will not be GPS locations available.

Getting the location based on a triangulation with the cell towers (those that are also used by our cell phones to transmit voice and data) has a bigger margin of error (up to a few hundred feet), making it a not very accurate location mechanism. This type of location also requires the presence of the named cell towers to work. The upside of this mechanism is that it will perfectly work within buildings, which is not the case for GPS satellite location. Some GPS Trackers are designed to work with both location mechanisms, creating a new concept called Assisted GPS (AGPS).

There are mainly three types of GPS Trackers: Passive Trackers, PING Trackers, and Live Trackers. Also, there are some GPS Trackers that have more features than other – not just a location of the vehicle.

In this article I have dissected a GPS Tracking solution into three main components: a GPS Tracker, a data transmission system, and a GPS Tracking application. I have also started exposing the details of GPS Trackers, specifically the two main ways to locate a vehicle. Finally, I introduced two more elements to consider in GPS Trackers: types of trackers and advanced features of a GPS device.

A gadget is a small technological device or appliances that have a particular task. These technical devices are used in our daily life to make our life easier and more suitable; you can control your TV, DVD player, music system and even also your car with remote control. Gadgets are very easy to use even a 19th century person can handle it. Today’s gadgets are design smartly, these look like very sleek, light and cool have many great functions to attract everybody, sometimes gadgets called gizmos.”

Gadgets are also available for windows vista desktop, Google desktop and the personal home page of windows live and iGoogle, these gadgets are known as widgets. Widgets are mini application that mostly used in the windows environment such as computer desktop or personal home page. These widgets provide countless functions that include customized news and stock quotes, calendar, dictionary lookups, cartoons and games

Gadgets are light-weight single-purpose applications that execute on user’s computer desktop or laptops. It will be possible for the different types of gadgets to run on different environments without modification. Some time these gadgets are called widgets.
The term gadget was first employed by the developers of Amiga OS. Widgets provides fully graphical user interface to control all elements.
Types of gadgets:
Web gadgets – gadgets which run on a web site.

Sidebar gadgets – run on the desktop or run on the                       Windows Sidebar.

SideShow gadgets – run on secondary external displays, such as on the outside of a laptop or even on an LCD panel in a keyboard, and potentially mobile phones and other devices.

Web Gadgets:
Web gadgets run on Web sites such as technologyb2b.com. Today’s most of the web sites stuck gadgets on their web pages to attract users. Web gadgets are mini-applications that can use for many purposes like E-mail reading or sending, weather reports, slide shows, search, games etc. With the help of gadgets you can create multiple site tabs and customize each with different feeds, gadgets, layouts, and color schemes.

Desktop gadgets
Desktop gadgets are also called desktop widgets. Widgets are small specific applications that are usually designed to do simple tasks, such as clocks, calendars, search tools etc. Desktop gadgets can also be used to control external applications such as Windows Media Center sidebar is found on either the right side or the left side of the
Windows; you can easily see these gadgets in Windows Vista operating system. Basically
Gadgets are placed on the sidebar of window or can also be placed elsewhere on the screen according to your facility they are automatically aligned.

SideShow gadgets
SideShow gadgets mostly used in laptops, netbooks, cell phones or even on LCD panel in a keyboard. Windows SideShow is a new technology that lets Windows Vista drive auxiliary, small displays of various form-factors where ready-access to bite-size bits of information could be represented. Today’s laptops mostly include these SideShow gadgets you can see it on the outside of a laptops, you can access the information and media even when the main system is in a standby mode. Data can also be displayed on cell phones and other network-connected devices via Bluetooth and other connectivity options.

The modern physician’s office uses computers to automate many tasks that used to be done by hand. Many new software packages have been developed that are intended
for use by the modern physician. Physician billing software, appointment scheduling software and insurance billing software are just a few. From appointment scheduling to patient billing, computerization is improving the efficiency of many doctor’s offices. Such modernization is especially helpful when it comes to patient billing. Software that automates the task and keeps track of which patients owe what amounts, allows doctors and their office staff to focus more closely on their patients’ needs and less on
paperwork.

Many different companies are offering physician billing software. Some packages are more robust than others but all of them aim to reduce the manual efforts needed to
make sure that the physician receives payment for services. By entering information about the services rendered at the time of their visit, doctors’ offices are able to provide a detailed breakdown of what the charges are to their patients and the insurance companies alike. The medical billing software often has edits built into it that look for any billing inaccuracies upfront, before the bill is submitted for payment. Having such information on hand today can also help small practices avoid big billing problems tomorrow.

Physician billing software is designed to be user friendly, and HIPAA compliant. You simply need to enter the code for any tests, examinations or treatments performed and send that information along to the appropriate insurance company or patient. Since the billing software uses industry standard coding information, there is never a struggle with how you should enter something into the system. Some software packages even include the ability to submit claims for payment via the internet, which reduces the paper used and the time that it takes for your claim to get paid.

To succeed in the medical industry today, a doctor needs to have the opportunity to act less as a bookkeeper and more as a physician. Physician billing software can help bring your office much closer to realizing that goal. You can use the software to centralize all of your billing paperwork and easily track where each appointment is in the payment process. Having this information at your fingertips can save you valuable time and money in the long run, as you can spend less time chasing down missing payments, and more time actually treating your patients.

Computer armoires for small spaces exist in abundance today, as they offer a practical solution to any space problem. They are quite close to a typical cabinet, but they are more elegant and modern and they occupy less space. Armoires were used by French, who decided to use something more stylish as tall cupboards. Computer armoires borrow the original French style but add a little touch of modernity, offering a very contemporizing style, fitting to a new concept.
 
Computer armoires for small spaces are available in a wide range of colors and designs or materials, from heavy oak to metallic and subtle colors. You have the chance to choose the type that complements the rest of furnishings in an office or living room, something that blends well without giving the impression of something odd.

Small apartments usually don’t leave much space to be used as workspace; therefore the entire office furniture has to fit in a rather limited space, still looking quite elegant and decent. Armoires offer enough room for a computer, if you have a typical desktop pc, or a laptop and a printer or other accessories. Armoires usually provide some space for file drawers and storage space for CDs and other little things you might need to keep close to your computer.

Computer armoires for small spaces are user friendly and space friendly, because they offer a stylish look to the living room, saving quite lots of space. They can be both practical and elegant, featuring some useful amenities, such as sliding keyboard, extra storage space for writing material and holes where you can hide cords and anything else that clutters the workspace where we spend some significant amount of time. A well appointed computer armoire can help you avoid a clogged living room, while impressing with its simplicity, style and practicality.