GPS- Technology making you mobile by mobile

Today, mobiles are indispensable and why not when they are serving as excellent substitutes to en numerous electronic Gadgets. Like, we have FM Radio, camera, GPRS, Storage resources, GPS etc altogether in a single mobile device. GPS ( Global Positioning System ), a word may sound a bit unfamiliar but is definitely not a new term. The GPS technology has brought a new revolution in the mobile phone Industry. It enables the users to get direction, track their friends, keep an eye on any special object, kids tracking or simply find the nearest hotel or hospital. In other words, it provides excellent Location Mapping facilities. Thus, now No fear, u go anywhere. Thus, making your life simpler and smoother.

Earlier, the Mobiles were majorly used for Social communication (calling and messaging) and for expansion of your Social Network. But, GPS technology has now enabled the user to use their mobile phones in location- based services also. So GPS really plays an important role in directing the use of mobile phone a new dimension. Now, you can easily track your friends without much chaos. Also, Geo caching lets the mobile users mobile phone users to participate in a treasure haunt game that guides them to a particular place in search of a cache, whose coordinates are saved on the mobile GPS unit. The Mobile GPS technology enables successful tracking of any identity with the details of it's Longitude as well as latitude. For more accurate tracking report, the GPS technology performs the calculation of user's coordinates with the help of satellite signals.

GPS has also introduced a new service called Subscriber location service which requires the user to fill in the address and the zip code of the destination they want to track. But, providing the zip code sometimes proves to be hazardous as it might not be feasible in some situations like while travelling any foreign area. Thus, many manufacturers are working hard to overcome this drawback and provide location mapping in Emergency. The mobile tracking service in cell phone allows the user to share their real-time location status, messages, photos and other information with their friends from a mobile phone. Also, the users can receive alerts when their friends come near to them.

Besides, providing all these facilities, another most important aspect is the user's Privacy and Security. Prior to location mapping, the user demands complete protection of the two stated aspects. The GPS technology safeguards the users privacy by allowing their tracking to only those users who are known to them as per their convenience. For Instance, if a subscriber wants to track a phone then the phone number must be used or a text message must be sent to the owner of that phone, who must reply in order to enable tracking. Also, the individual privacy setting allows users to hide their identity from the unauthorised users.