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5.IsthesoftwaredevelopedbytheGPScompany?
ManyGPStrackingcompaniessourceandhostbasicsoftwareavailableto
hobbyistsandstudents.Thissoftwareisfreetousefornon-commercial
purposes.Itiscommunitybasedsoftwareandmembersofthesoftware
communityworktogetherto“chipin”tofixupdatesandbugsintheirsparetime.
Problemsoccurwhenyourcomputer,smartphoneortabletoperatingsystems,
webbrowsers,andmapsareupdatedandthesoftwaresimplystopsworking
correctly.Commercialusersareleftwaitingforhobbyiststofixtheseproblems
intheirsparetime.
OtherGPScompaniesaresourcingproductsfrom Chinaandtheirsupplier
providesabasicGPStrackingsoftwareserverforproductevaluationpurposes
forfree.Theseserverswerenevermeanttobeusedinlifecommercial
applications.Theyareunlicencedandhidebehindcomplexwebstoavoid
detectionbytheGoogleMapslicencingteam.Asaresulttheyareunreliable
andunstable.
Forexample,Googlemapsmakeregularchangestotheirsoftware,anditis
commonformapstosimplystopworkingwhenthesechangesaremade.Over
theyearsIntelliTrachashadtorushoutGoogleMapscompatibilityupdates
withinhourstokeepourclientbaselive.Someofourcompetitorshavehadto
replaceGPSdevicesandsoftwareoverpainstakingweeksofstressfortheir
clients.
