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It’s always tough for dog owners to properly confine their dogs, while at the same time enabling them to walk about freely. In these circumstances GPS collars and virtual fences can be quite useful. The Halo Collar 5 is helpful since it has been created to utilize GPS to track a dogs whereabouts and how far away the dog is from the virtual border. The Halo Collar 5 is a GPS Dog Collar, and it has several capabilities that allow you keep tabs on your dog while it explores. One of the characteristics that worth emphasis is Halo Collar 5 Precision+. Sarah Dean will try the product with Zion.
By using ground corrected GPS, Precision+ can achieve location accuracy to two feet under ideal conditions. This degree of accuracy would be important to assist follow the movements of the dog when he/she is close to a virtual border. This method also works with the Wireless Dog Fence where the owner may set a barrier for his/her dog without the need to construct a physical border. One problem with GPS technology, though, is that it doesn't always perform the same way in different settings. There are several barriers such as hills, trees, buildings, and other items in the surrounding region that may interfere with the accuracy of the system.
The collar will also track Zions GPS position 20 times per second. Thus, the system will keep updating Zion’s location as he moves. In this example, the system is able to detect Zions location in reference to the virtual barrier. The information collected by the collar will be utilized to determine when the feedback needs to be sent when the dog approaches closer to the virtual fence or crosses it. That manner the constant updates are meant to allow the technology to reply based on Zion's current position, rather of the previous one.
It wouldn't be enough for Sarah to only look at the technical performance of the positioning system. She'll also get to see how Precision+ works in real life with Zion. The real environment may differ substantially from the controlled studies, especially when the dog is transitioning from an open space into a location with trees or buildings and other potential barriers. In this regard, the observation of how the collar is performing in different settings could be valuable for the owners of Precision+.
To summarize, the architecture of Precision+ is such that it tries to increase the accuracy of GPS tracking through the use of corrective GPS and additional location updates. The collar logs where Zion is 20 times a second, so you always know where your pet is and how close he is to your virtual border. “We will be testing the device in real-life conditions to see how it performs in different environments.