Home » Computers & Electronics

Open GPS Fleet Tracking Software

Ranked #5,991 in Computers & Electronics, #124,933 overall | Donates to Squidoo Charity Fund

There is no doubt about it, GPS fleet tracking software can be expensive. You don't even have to be a small business to feel the pinch that purchasing, installing, and maintaining (through service fees) a system like this will create on your balance sheet. What if you could use GPS tracking without these high fees?

That is where open source GPS fleet tracking software shines.

This software is completely gratis for you to use. All it takes is some time to become knowledgeable on how to make use of it. You can't do much better than free. Even when times are great free information is better than stuff you have to pay for. So give free GPS fleet tracking software a shot.

Defining Open Source

What Is In The Name

Open source software is essential free software. This is probably the most important and immediate thing that people looking at this software should know.

The second thing they should know is that this is not the main thing that open source means. It primarily refers to a style of software development that is open to broad inputs from the general public where anyone can take part in generating the code.

Since the development was so open, no one person or entity has rights on the finished product so let other take and use the software for free. This can be to either use the finished product or to use it as a staging point for further development.

A Full Featured Open GPS Fleet Tracking Software

OpenGTS

One might expect that software developed in this fashion is sub par or inadequate. If you are using Mozilla Firefox I might wonder why you think this. Firefox is an open source web browser that is far superior (in my opinion) to other web browsers out there. So being open doesn't mean a software sucks.

But will an open source GPS fleet tracking software suck? Maybe, but one open software package doesn't. That package is OpenGTS. It is a full featured GPS fleet management software that provide high quality tracking capabilities for free.

Some of the OpenGTS features include:

  • Operating system independence. It is codded in Java, uses Apache Tomcat for web service deployment, and MySQL for the datastore.

  • Web-based authentication. Mulitple users can access OpenGTS information from the web using their own username and password.

  • Customizable mapping service. As of v1.8.3, OpenGTS comes with support for Mapstraction in addition to the original support for Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth.

  • Customizable web-page display. Brand you version of OpenGTS with your own business logo.

  • Customizable reports.

  • Customizable geofenced areas.

  • i18n Compliant.

  • GPS tracking device independent. It just needs to be open.

Free GPS Fleet tracking software

The Hidden Cost of Free

OpenGTS GPS fleet tracking software will take up some of your precious time, but it might be worth if for you and your business. Going this route will give you full control of your tracking, but you will also be responsible for any glitches or problems that may arise. This will be empowering to some and frightening to others. Just make sure that you fully understand what you are getting yourself into with open source GPS flee tracking.

GPS Fleet Tracking on Youtube

These video represent content created by companies that specialize in fleet tracking with GPS. These videos are interesting because they give us an understanding of what companies are doing to find customers as well as demonstrating what features are available to the end user.
Loading

New Guestbook

submit
Show All

Fleet Tracking in the News

New tracking option available
Sylectus has reached agreement with MacroPoint to offer a new ?intuitive fleet tracking solution? to trucking companies. The announcement was made at the Sylectus 2012 Annual Conference. MacroPoint is a provider of mobile fleet management technology.
GPS Insight's Fleet Tracking Software for Vehicles of Crescent Electric Supply ...
By Andy Choi GPS Insight, a supplier of reliable GPS tracking, navigation, and messaging technology for fleet-based customers has declared that its fleet tracking software extends the life of Crescent Electric Supply Company's vehicles, which makes it ...
America's Moving Services Increases Fleet Productivity by 50 Percent with NexTraq
? NexTraq, the value leader of GPS fleet tracking and vehicle management solutions, announced today that its client, America's Moving Services has increased fleet productivity by 50 percent with the NexTraq? Fleet Tracking platform.
Networkfleet Partners with ServMan to Streamline Field Workforce Scheduling
The company's technology combines vehicle diagnostic monitoring with an online GPS fleet tracking system. Networkfleet has more than 50 patents issued or pending surrounding remote diagnostics and has received numerous awards for its technology.
Powered by Google

by

StewardL

I love all sorts of things and am always finding something or another interesting. I love questions and genuinely enjoy interacting with ideas, so if... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

Related Tags