Trimble affordable and innovative GPS technology

If ever the word convergence held any meaning, it is when used in conjunction with Trimble GPS systems. Not content with providing affordable GPS technology to the open market, Trimble went on to offer complete customer solutions by integrating their GPS units with other technologies such as wireless telecommunications and advanced software.

The word that Trimble uses is : augmentation. Taking existing technologies and augmenting them with other ones, some new, some tried and tested, is very much the key way in which the company seeks to position its GPS products.

Applications that Trimble have found for GPS systems include surveying, navigation, and advanced technologies such as asset tracking and machine guidance. In fact, in almost every area of industry, there is a possible application for these augmented GPS systems.

Way back in 1978, there was no such thing as consumer GPS, and the company focused on developing navigation products using ground based technologies, but it soon became clear that the GPS system would be the future of navigation systems. The founders duly acquired some fledgling GPS technology and created Trimble to concentrate on positioning systems.

Trimble was the first to develop an architecture which augmented the processor of the target device with GPS technology, in essence using the power of the CPU to perform tasks which would normally be done by specialist electronics. This is the key to making GPS affordable, since people already owning a PDA (for example) can take advantage of the system buy purchasing only an antenna and some specialist software

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About The Author:

Guy Lecky-Thompson is a successful author and publisher at www.1st-at-gps-tracking.com. Recommending gps equipment and associated products
03-07-04