ASTRO® 25 Outdoor Location Solution can enhance personnel safety, improve response time to emergency situations, and improve the efficiency of resource allocation resulting in time and money savings. It uses Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to provide operators with the ability to locate and track outdoor personnel and vehicles.
The ASTRO 25 Outdoor Location Solution provides location monitoring over a wide area. The location of the asset being tracked is determined from the GPS satellite constellation and the data are sent over the ASTRO 25 network according to user-defined, configurable parameters, such as distance-based reporting, periodic-reporting, and some emergency-based reporting. For vehicular Location Solutions, Motorola provides a GPS device that mounts easily within the vehicle. This device receives GPS satellite data and relays the coordinates through an XTL 5000 Mobile Radio to the MUPS. Motorola also provides the option to track personnel using the GPS Remote Speaker Microphone (RSM) connected to the XTS 5000 Portable Radio. The GPS RSM is convenient to wear, yet still able to receive GPS satellite data.
- Offers customers the flexibility to choose the mapping application required to suit their needs
- Customers may use their existing CAD or AVL mapping applications or can choose their own new mapping application
- Enables operators to determine presence and position of resources, thus reducing voice communications
- Allows dispatchers to readily locate radio users in an emergency situation and provide the appropriate backup, as needed
- Operators can request a radio user's location
