MOVING TOWARDS TELEMATICS TECHNOLOGY Cont

• The technology of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices in conjunction with effecting control on remote objects.


• The integrated use of telecommunication and informatics, for application in vehicles and with control of vehicles on the move.


• Telematics includes but is not limited to Global Positioning System technology integrated with computers and mobile communications technology in automotive navigation systems.


• Most narrowly, the term has evolved to refer to the use of such systems within road vehicles, in which case the term Vehicle Telematics may be used.

In contrast telemetry is the transmission of measurements from the location of origin to the location of computing and consumption, especially without effecting control on the remote objects. Telemetry is typically applied in testing of flight objects.