GPS/GLONASS tracking

The cars, made in Russia are going to be equipped with the dual-standart receivers GLONASS/GPS on the assembly belt – reported the executive chief of the “GLONASS / GNSS – Forum” company, Vladimir Klimov, giving an interview the Izvestia newspaper. According to his words, within the ERA GLONASS project, each car will be fixed with the device, "which if it is essential in case of accident, it will post a alarm or a voice message in the center of traffic.
"Thus, the accidents and their exact locations would be fixed, and the following troubles with traffic, too. And, of course, this information will help to react on the situation, rendering the assistance," –said Klimov.
Talking about the project ERA GLONASS, he mentioned that "there will take action the dublicate system which is based on GPS / Galileo in Europe in 2012”. "Here it is also mentioned about a double-system receiver - GLONASS / GPS. It is anticipated that the cars which will be in Russia, that they are fixed with these devices on the assembly belt “-said he.
Replying to the question according to the competition of the American GPS and the national system GLONASS, Vladimir Klimov said: "SBS had systematically been developing about 20 years, but the Russian system - only eight years." "But at the hardware level we are already closing to the GPS – about the sizes of receivers, the power and the color characteristics. And soon the Western associations will make the dual-standart equipment GLONASS / GPS," – concluded he.