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GPSOverIP shown at CeBIT 2006

Mar 12, 2006 gps navigation, software

GPSoverIP (Global Positioning System over Internet Protocol) is a novel technology which is comparable with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and which provides geographical coordinates over the Internet. GPSoverIP solves the problems which arise in connection with GPS transmission by sending the geographical data to the GPSoverIP gateway in compressed form.

In contrast to conventional position-finding systems, this innovative solution and its special data compression provide the first opportunity to find the position of any number of moveable or moving objects (sometimes even in buildings) worldwide every second and at a very low fixed price. The changes of location can be tracked actually “live” on the screen of any Internet-ready PC or laptop using GPSoverIP.

A very particular highlight of the trade fair is the unique “GPSoverIP jacket”, which – like its wearer – cannot be lost and which “has got what it takes” in the truest sense of the word. The trendy study, developed together with Interactive Wear AG, Munich, has a whole package of miniaturized hightech equipment: GPSoverIP technology for live positionfinding of people, a mobile radio telephone, a MP3 player, headphones, a microphone and a waterproof, shockproof “keypad” on the sleeve. It therefore also points to the immense potential for other application options for GPSoverIP technology.

The basis of the GPSoverIP technology, which is already being used by customers everywhere, is the “GPSeye” in or on the object whose position is to be found, the powerful web service “GPSoverIP” and a piece of software for retrieving the geographical coordinates using this web service. The GPSeye (also developed by the company itself), which is merely the size of a hand and is extremely easy to install, permanently records the current geographical coordinates (currently GPS, in future also Galileo) of the object whose position is to be found and also any additional data (e.g. a warning when a stipulated area is being left, loading doors are open or an engine problem occurs). All of these data are compressed and are immediately sent in encrypted form by mobile radio (currently GPRS, in future also Units and WiMax) to the central GPSoverIP web service over the Internet. Users can retrieve these data from this service in real time and can use them for a wide variety of terminals and software solutions. pdf