Posted: 3/28/2015 12:57:35 PM EDT
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It works.
Yesterday I bought a Pet Tracking Device and Monitor that will track my dog if he gets out of a designated area (my property). When this happens an alert goes to my iPhone and I can pull up a map where the little bugger is. It uses GPS and Google maps. Pretty neat, it also tells me how much activity he is getting. www.tagg.com pettracker |
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looks like it uses cell towers to triangulate a position, not true GPS. $99 for the unit, $10 a month.. I also wonder what kind of accuravcy it will give. I have a little Yorkie who loves to dig out. I'm fixing that today. The FAQ states the following: "Tagg uses America's most reliable cellular network to give you the ability to pinpoint your pet's location at a moment's notice. Our monthly service fee ensures that you have the ability to locate your dog using GPS, should he or she ever become lost. Using the cellular network is required for the Tagg system to provide location tracking." It sounds like it uses GPS to establish a position and cell towers to contact you. The cell towers might provide a backup location capability. If it uses GPS, accuracy should be excellent. |
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Can I put this on a three year old? I saw a story about a four year old that left home, got on a bus and was trying to get a Slurpee or similar. You said that in jest but kids get lost. Several weeks ago a boy was lost in the Great Sand Dunes park overnight. Had it been a lot colder, he might have died. Putting one on a child might require that you disguise it as a conservative repelling device. Here is the article about the four year old http://www.wptv.com/news/national/girl-4-sneaks-out-hops-bus-in-search-of-3-am-slushie_13076203 |
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The FAQ states the following: "Tagg uses America's most reliable cellular network to give you the ability to pinpoint your pet's location at a moment's notice. Our monthly service fee ensures that you have the ability to locate your dog using GPS, should he or she ever become lost. Using the cellular network is required for the Tagg system to provide location tracking." It sounds like it uses GPS to establish a position and cell towers to contact you. The cell towers might provide a backup location capability. If it uses GPS, accuracy should be excellent. Quoted:
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looks like it uses cell towers to triangulate a position, not true GPS. $99 for the unit, $10 a month.. I also wonder what kind of accuravcy it will give. I have a little Yorkie who loves to dig out. I'm fixing that today. The FAQ states the following: "Tagg uses America's most reliable cellular network to give you the ability to pinpoint your pet's location at a moment's notice. Our monthly service fee ensures that you have the ability to locate your dog using GPS, should he or she ever become lost. Using the cellular network is required for the Tagg system to provide location tracking." It sounds like it uses GPS to establish a position and cell towers to contact you. The cell towers might provide a backup location capability. If it uses GPS, accuracy should be excellent. thats where i got my info. it's using cell towers "to give you the ability to pinpoint your pet's location ", doesnt say using cell network to contact you. |
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Accuracy, the minimum zone seems to be about a 60 foot circle.
I took Guinness out for a walk and once we got out of the zone around the house I quickly got a notification. Logged in using the App and hit the Tracking button and the locate button. Worked really well. It layed out the path of our walk with blue arrows. The pet location was designated with a Paw Print Icon. The device clips on to the collar, and is good to run all day, though you have to recharge it at night (takes about 2 hours for a full recharge) The profile settings allow for notifications to be sent by both Text as well as Email, and you can add multiple contacts to be notified. (though these other contacts would need your password info to login in and see where the bugger went) |
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Pretty neat! As far as the "GPS" I'm betting that it's just using the triangulation from cell towers, and knowing their grids calculates it out. If it's using actual satellite GPS though, that would be pretty dope. Probably more likely that it is satellite GPS (it's not that expensive like it used to be). Then a cell signal to make the notification. That would allow for the required accuracy vs. cell tower triangulation for the device to do as advertised (which OP said it did). Satellite is capable of 3 meter accuracy, cell tower triangulation is not. |
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Quoted: Probably more likely that it is satellite GPS (it's not that expensive like it used to be). Then a cell signal to make the notification. That would allow for the required accuracy vs. cell tower triangulation for the device to do as advertised (which OP said it did). Satellite is capable of 3 meter accuracy, cell tower triangulation is not. Quoted: Quoted: Pretty neat! As far as the "GPS" I'm betting that it's just using the triangulation from cell towers, and knowing their grids calculates it out. If it's using actual satellite GPS though, that would be pretty dope. Probably more likely that it is satellite GPS (it's not that expensive like it used to be). Then a cell signal to make the notification. That would allow for the required accuracy vs. cell tower triangulation for the device to do as advertised (which OP said it did). Satellite is capable of 3 meter accuracy, cell tower triangulation is not. |