Dog Collars With GPS: What It Is And How It Works? (2)
Nov 14, 2022
What to Look for When Choosing the Best Dog Collar with GPS?
When choosing a dog GPS tracker collar, you should pay attention to the accessory features such as battery life, connectivity, form factor, as well as some of the additional features that the tracker offers.
Battery Life
The battery is an important part of the gadget and it can cause a real problem if it dies while you are trying to track your pet. Battery life depends on the following factors:
· Signal frequency for transmission of location data.
· Battery capacity.
· Distance to receiver.
When buying a GPS tracking dog collar, pay attention to the battery life range both at rest and during data transfer. And, of course, you need to ensure that the GPS tag is always charged before going for a walk with your pet.
Communication Types in GPS Collars
Basically, the new collar models use A-GPS technology. This type of technology improves the time it takes to actually find your dog after turning on the device. Conventional GPS only uses satellite signals, which usually take about 30 seconds, but can take up to 12 minutes in areas where open-air transmission is limited.
A-GPS also depends on network resources. It only takes a second in good conditions and two to three minutes in bad conditions: which makes a big difference when tracking your lost dog.
A-GPS also allows you to locate your pet indoors. If your pet is within four walls, the collar sensor is unlikely to receive a regular GPS signal. Therefore, if your dog is in someone's house, simple GPS will not help you find it. A-GPS will probably do the trick, although it's usually limited to areas where your cell phone receives reception.
WAAS-GPS is a wide range system. It has better accuracy than standard GPS. But whereas the latter detects your dog within 9 meters, WAAS will do so within 3 meters. In fixing the position, WAAS is not as fast as A-GPS.
