Portable GPS Tracker in Patan: Battery Tracker for Solar Site Gear, Seed Loads and Pilgrim Tents

Patan district sits in the middle of North Gujarat, with Mehsana to its east and south-east, Banaskantha to the north-east, Vav-Tharad to the north, Surendranagar to the south, and Kutch and the Little Rann to the west. Its talukas are Patan, Siddhpur, Chanasma, Harij, Radhanpur, Santalpur, Saraswati, Shankheshwar and Sami. The Saraswati river, now largely dry, flows through the plains near Patan town and Siddhpur. The railway line from Ahmedabad and Mehsana reaches Patan and goes on to the north, and National Highway 68 passes through Chanasma toward Radhanpur on one side and Mehsana and Himmatnagar on the other, so heavy vehicles cross the district without stopping in a town.

Patan town has a long history as a trading and learning centre. Rani ki Vav, the stepwell that UNESCO lists as a World Heritage Site, and the Sahastralinga tank draw visitors, and the town is known for patola, the double ikat silk saree woven by hand. Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University and its colleges send students out to villages every day. Siddhpur has the sacred Bindu Sarovar and old merchant houses, and a big gathering comes there in the month of Kartik. Shankheshwar is an important Jain temple town. On festival days, rented tents, stalls and buses fill the roads, and most of that gear belongs to someone who is not on site.

Away from the towns, the work is farm and energy. Crops such as cumin, castor and cotton go from fields in Radhanpur, Harij and Santalpur to market yards in Patan, Unjha and Mehsana, over long dry roads with few repair shops. The Charanka solar park near Patan is a widely known solar site in Gujarat, and solar contractors bring cranes, cable drums, panel frames and trailers to open land. Equipment that works in a field for months and returns to a yard in another district is hard to follow with phone calls alone. A battery tracker on the frame gives the owner a map instead.

From Patan, the main outbound lane runs south-east to Mehsana and on to Ahmedabad, where grain, seed and construction material go to larger markets and ports. A second lane goes north through Chanasma and Banaskantha toward Palanpur and Rajasthan. A third runs west toward Radhanpur and beyond it Kutch, past the edge of the Little Rann, and a fourth goes south to Surendranagar. Many of these are straight roads with long gaps between towns, so one stop on the way can last longer than the driver admits.

Runs to Ahmedabad finish in a few hours, and a fast interval suits them well. Runs to Rajasthan or Kutch take a day or two, and the owner may care more about halts and direction than about every bend. A middle interval is enough for that. A rig or an excavator that stays on a site for weeks is better on a slow mode. BearTech sets the interval when you order, so write your main route in the WhatsApp message and we shall suggest a setting.

For goods that go on by rail from Patan station or by ship from a port in Kutch, track only the road leg with the device outside the vehicle. Take it off at the handover and use it on the next trailer. Spare units kept in an office can sit on a daily mode, charged in advance, so that a sudden job does not wait for a battery.

The BT900 reports its location and nothing else. It does not read fuel level, it gives no alert for an opened door or a broken seal, it has no temperature sensor, and it gives no engine ON/OFF signal. It is not a lock. It is not meant for cold chain, it is too bulky for small parcels such as a single saree box, and for sea or rail containers it should be used only on the road leg with the unit outside. Accuracy is 25 to 30 m, and the 2G-3G Airtel SIM needs signal, so a remote patch delays the update until the network returns.

Use it on your own goods, equipment or vehicles, or where the owner has given written consent. Never track a person, a spouse or an employee without their clear agreement.