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GPS tracking began as a U.S. military
project. The system was developed in the 1980s to provide the military
on the ground with the capability to stay on target.
GPS tracking, one of the most interesting
technological advances of our time, stands for global positioning
systems. GPS can be used to find a person or vehicle anyone with a
tracking device anywhere in the world. The system makes use of low-orbit
satellites that receive and transmit signals and triangulate positions
on the surface of the earth. GPS tracking can help anyone figure out
where they are and plan the best route to their destination.
GPS tracking began as a U.S. military project. The system was developed
in the 1980s to provide the military on the ground with the capability
to stay on target. It was also designed to quickly find lost and wounded
soldiers. Still used by the military today, GPS provides a powerful tool
for the United States and its allies.
Civilians could use GPS tracking in the late 1980s and 1990s, but it was
not the same system that the military used. The GPS tracking devices
used by civilians were less accurate and fast. The military scrambled
its signals so that it had exclusive access to highly precise GPS
calculations for its operations. As a consequence, GPS was slow to catch
on among the civilian population. However, that changed in 2000.
In the year 2000, President Clinton ordered the military to stop
scrambling its GPS tracking signals. This didn’t mean that civilians
could then access battle plans and find out where troops were. It meant
that anyone, whether an individual or a business, with the right
equipment could have make use of the military's extremely accurate GPS
system.
Since superior GPS tracking is now open to everyone, the marketplace has
responded by making all sorts of new consumer goods that allow people to
find out where they are and even track their kids and spouses. GPS
technology is now so advanced that anything can be used for GPS
tracking, even a cell phone.
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