Benefits
The benefits of the GPS tracking device and navigation system have been enormous and highly significant. From the price range of the GPS, its affordability to its use by Healthcare officials and tourists, the benefits of the GPS are evident in our world today. So much has improvement has occurred with this product and while we are only in 2012, one is left to wonder about the full potential that this device could achieve in another 10 years.Firstly, in the area of military achievement, the GPS has been phenomenal in helping military services both abroad and in the United States to solve problems, locate people of questionable character. The US Government in fighting the Gulf War used the GPS. The creation of this device was actually to their own advantage as they were able to track down military troops. In an essay on the Social Impact of the GPS, Ann Holms stated that ‘the point accuracy and the successful navigation through an otherwise anti-navigational terrain illustrated the power of the arising GPS technology’. This is just one example of the importance of the GPS in the military. Its invention is of great importance and is used regularly in the military.
Another benefit of the GPS is that because it is affordable by most people, it is generally accessible. People do not have to worry as much if they get missing because they probably have a GPS system installed on their phones or other electric devices such as tablets. They would be able to find a nearby location where they could go get proper help. It is also helpful to tourists in a new country, for example Car rental companies install the GPS system into the cars and a result the tourists would not feel completely lost in a new place.The National Academy of Sciences in 2009 estimated that ‘over 100,000 jobs were created in multi-million dollar companies. Job creation is another advantage of the GPS. As with other important technological breakthroughs, the increase in jobs is phenomenal. From popular GPS producing companies like Tom-Tom employing several people to work on delivering good products to top Businesses employing experienced people to monitor their GPS systems and usage.