Identium integrates RFID with Global Positioning Systems to deliver location and navigation services where identity matters — security zones, campuses, mining sites and transport fleets.
GPS tells you where a vehicle or asset is; RFID confirms who or what is actually present. Combining the two, optionally with biometrics, gives authentic and verified presence detection at the point of boarding vehicles such as school buses, staff transport and taxis, and at controlled entry points.
Child safety and school transport
Integrating GPS, RFID and navigation addresses child-safety requirements end to end: SMS messages can be sent to the parent or guardian at each stage of the child’s movement — boarding the bus, entering the school premises, reaching the classroom and arriving at the pick-up point. See our RFID school attendance solution.
Fleet and asset applications
Present GPS systems build on Differential GPS (DGPS) techniques — originally used for accurate position fixing in bathymetric and hydrographic surveying — and we deploy this accuracy in our solutions for mining, transport and campus management. We supply GPS monitoring devices with built-in RTC, RFID, USB interface, Bluetooth or GSM communication, and secure containers in transit with RFID tamper-evident cable-tie seals.
Read more about our RFID GPS solutions and RFID vehicle tracking system, or contact us to discuss your project.
How RFID and GPS Vehicle Tracking Integration Works Together
The value of RFID and GPS vehicle tracking integration comes from each technology covering the other’s blind spot. GPS maps a vehicle’s route, speed and geofence status across the open road, but its position accuracy drifts near buildings, in yards and inside sheds, and it cannot confirm which specific asset, container or person is aboard. UHF RFID fills that gap: a fixed reader at a depot gate reads a windshield or on-metal tag in a fraction of a second as the vehicle passes, logging an exact time-stamped entry or exit that GPS alone cannot verify.
In a typical deployment, GPS handles wide-area movement while RFID governs the choke points — loading bays, parking barriers, weighbridges and campus gates. A UHF gate reader validates the tag, triggers the boom barrier, and the event is stamped against the GPS trail so dispatch sees both location and identity on one dashboard. This layered approach underpins our RFID vehicle parking management and wider transportation projects. If you are weighing which layer to invest in first, our guide on RFID versus GPS tracking explains the trade-offs before you scope hardware. To map your gates and routes onto one integrated view, you can contact our team for a manufacturer-direct discussion.