Is it possible to be sure that the package or papers that you sent were delivered to the correct address or business? One way is by using GPS System & Address Validation. This system allows a delivery person to use a device that is like a cell phone to enter a package ID code from the place of delivery. This will both time stamp and location stamp the delivery, effectively validation the delivery of your important goods to the correct recipient.
By use of GPS service, the company can mark the precise location of the unit receiving the goods. These units can be very high precision. Some have a high enough precision that they can be used in land surveying. The unit can give the location of the delivery truck as the delivery is made. The unit can be used either in the truck or at the door of the home or business where the delivery is made. If it has a built in bar code scanner, the driver can quickly and accurately identify the package, the location and the time. All of this information can be sent back to the home office of the delivery company using cellular transmission systems.
When expensive equipment is being delivered to a customer by a delivery service, this puts an end to a customer claiming to have never received the equipment. The carrier has GPS documentation that the delivery was made to the correct address. If delivery was made to the wrong address, then the carrier can return to that address to reclaim the equipment that was wrongly delivered.
Another use of this equipment is in the delivery of court papers to an individual. In addition to the manual address verification, the person serving the papers can have GPS address validation that the papers were served to the correct address.
The GPS system was first used experimentally by the US navy in 1960. Since that time several other satellites have been launched. These satellites have been used for airplanes and ships in navigation for years. In more recent times hand held units have become popular and today, many cell phones have included a GPS locator. These much smaller units have made it possible to allow GPS technology to be used for such things as address verification.
One thing that should be taken into consideration is that the US government has a built in error in the system that can cause it to be off as much as 100 meters (over 300 feet or the length of a football field). This error was included in order to prevent take over of the system by enemy forces and use in directing munitions sent by forces attacking the United States. This error must be taken into account in the address verification system. Thus it may not be possible to determine if a package was delivered to your home your next door neighbors, simply due to the fact of the built in error.
Overall the address verification GPS system is a good system. It can give directions to the route driver for the next delivery. However, the driver must still use clues such as street signs and address markings to ensure that the package is delivered to the correct location.
The technology is available to make this system work very precisely. However, there are still a few bugs to work out and one of those bugs is the error that was built into the system by the US government.
By use of GPS service, the company can mark the precise location of the unit receiving the goods. These units can be very high precision. Some have a high enough precision that they can be used in land surveying. The unit can give the location of the delivery truck as the delivery is made. The unit can be used either in the truck or at the door of the home or business where the delivery is made. If it has a built in bar code scanner, the driver can quickly and accurately identify the package, the location and the time. All of this information can be sent back to the home office of the delivery company using cellular transmission systems.
When expensive equipment is being delivered to a customer by a delivery service, this puts an end to a customer claiming to have never received the equipment. The carrier has GPS documentation that the delivery was made to the correct address. If delivery was made to the wrong address, then the carrier can return to that address to reclaim the equipment that was wrongly delivered.
Another use of this equipment is in the delivery of court papers to an individual. In addition to the manual address verification, the person serving the papers can have GPS address validation that the papers were served to the correct address.
The GPS system was first used experimentally by the US navy in 1960. Since that time several other satellites have been launched. These satellites have been used for airplanes and ships in navigation for years. In more recent times hand held units have become popular and today, many cell phones have included a GPS locator. These much smaller units have made it possible to allow GPS technology to be used for such things as address verification.
One thing that should be taken into consideration is that the US government has a built in error in the system that can cause it to be off as much as 100 meters (over 300 feet or the length of a football field). This error was included in order to prevent take over of the system by enemy forces and use in directing munitions sent by forces attacking the United States. This error must be taken into account in the address verification system. Thus it may not be possible to determine if a package was delivered to your home your next door neighbors, simply due to the fact of the built in error.
Overall the address verification GPS system is a good system. It can give directions to the route driver for the next delivery. However, the driver must still use clues such as street signs and address markings to ensure that the package is delivered to the correct location.
The technology is available to make this system work very precisely. However, there are still a few bugs to work out and one of those bugs is the error that was built into the system by the US government.
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GPS systems are getting cheaper everyday. It's not hard to find where you need to go using address validation and spatial data.
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