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Recently, the New York Times ran an article about how some schools have decided that they want to track students who are known to cut class. They want to do this out of concern for the students’ welfare. They feel that these students need special attention and more monitoring that the average student who just skips gym class every once in a while. For some students regular attendance keeping is not sufficient and more serious measures have to be enacted.

The article outlines how using GPS tracking units to monitor the students shed light on some problems that went beyond truancy. Some of these students were also getting involved with drugs and were exposing themselves to other dangers that teachers, parents and school counselors didn’t know were an issue.

These school GPS tracking programs did call for the student to be aware that they were being tracked. Still, the knowledge that they were being tracked did not prevent some students from continued truancy and other reckless behavior. Sometimes old habits die hard.

As a parent, you do not have to wait until the school system decides to monitor your child to find out what is going on. You have to option of using a GPS tracking device to keep up with your child to confirm your suspicions or to help you lay aside nagging doubts that your child could be in some sort of trouble.

Rocky Mountain Tracking has a number of tracking devices that can be used to help keep your child or teenager safe. There are personal tracking devices as well as devices to monitor driving habits available. Click here to learn more about these products.

Just today a major news outlet has reported that the National Hockey League (NHL) may include a puck tracking component to its games. This addition to professional hockey may start with the upcoming hockey season.

If these plans go through, the puck will be tracked, but there will be no computer chip embedded in it (at least at first). The puck will be tracked using GPS technology, even though the puck itself will not have a tracking device in it.

The company overseeing this venture will test out the technology first before it is employed in any game. They feel like it is a great way to get into the mechanics of hockey, since it may be possible to learn more about how plays make those winning goals with more precise information about where the puck is going.

Of course there are some people who are not at all excited about this. In their minds, puck tracking will pollute the integrity of the game. They need not worry just yet, since puck tracking is only in the testing stages and it is not an official part of the game.

Outside of the hockey rink, GPS tracking has proven to be an advantage in other arenas. It is useful for keeping up with kids, teens, elderly parents, as well as vehicles and other assets. And this technology is available to you now. It has been tested for years and is constantly being updated and improved.

Visit the Rocky Mountain Tracking website to learn more about how GPS tracking can help you keep sight of what is important to you.

In the last post, we went over some of the advantages of using Rocky Mountain Tracking’s new Smart Track GPS Tracking System. Let’s look at a very specific feature of the Smart Track Tracking System: the geo fence.

This feature is invaluable because it will report each and every time your vehicle moves in or out of a predetermined area from 1/8th of a mile to 300 miles. You set up the geo fence to the exact specifications that fit your needs. If you want to make sure your car does not leave a specific area because you know that you only use it to go certain places, then the geo fence can help. If, on the other hand, you are concerned that someone with use of your car is taking the vehicle where you do not want it to go, you can set up a geo fence to alert you when the vehicle enters the forbidden territory.

A geo fence can be rectangular or circular, so you have a lot of latitude about how to set up these “no-go” zones. Your vehicle will send you an e-mail or SMS message to inform you that the geo fence boundary has been breached, so you are aware right away. You can even decide during which hours to have the messages sent. You can have up to 2 geo fences set up at the same time.

This feature means that the Smart Track is more than an anti-theft device because as you may know, your vehicle does not have to be stolen for it to be misused.

Rocky Mountain Tracking’s new Smart Track GPS Tracking System features on demand web-based tracking and it can also help you to recover  your vehicle if it is stolen.

With the Smart Track, you pay when you track and you do not pay when the device is not at work. At your command, the Smart Track will give you an update on your vehicle’s current location. Each command is considered one “locate.” You can customize your use of the Smart Track to fit your needs. You can get a pay as you go plan or choose from several annual plans, with the option of adding more locates to whatever plan you choose. You can also share locates with all of your vehicles.

Auto theft is on the rise in the U.S. A vehicle is stolen about every 20 seconds. An anti theft device such as an alarm system may not stop car theft. In most cases, people are unalarmed by car alarms because car alarms go off so often the sound has become commonplace. Some car alarms shut off as soon as the door is closed. Even if an alarm does grab the attention of those around the vehicle, most people are not willing to risk their life to stop the criminal in the act, and in fact they shouldn’t. If you see your vehicle being stolen, what you should do is alert the police with a call on your cell phone if you can make the call discreetly. You wouldn’t want to put yourself in harms way to make the call.  Using a GPS tracking device can help you and the police find your vehicle.

Visit the Rocky Mountain Tracking website to learn more about the Smart Track GPS Tracking System.

Once, many years ago my parents received an invitation to a July 4th party. My mother called right away to RSVP. It turns out that the invite was for a party held the year before.  It had gotten lost in the mail. My parents hadn’t noticed the  old postmark and their friends didn’t mention the party, assuming that they were just unable to attend.

Lost party invites may be a thing of the past with the new letter-tracking devices that the United States Postal Service has recently commissioned. The tiny, two ounce Letter Logger can be placed inside an envelope and a piece of mail can be tracked for a period of two weeks. You never have to wonder if they got your invite or your letter again. With a GPS tracking device in your letter, it is as good as delivered.

The reach of GPS tracking technology is far and wide. Perhaps you are not all that interested in keeping track something as small as a letter, but would like to track something a little larger. Our tracking devices work a lot like the Letter Logger: you place a tracking device somewhere in the object you want to track and then you can go to your computer and get updates on where your assets are.

Rocky Mountain Tracking has a wide variety of tracking devices to track your car, construction equipment and other valuables. And with a GPS tracking device from RM Tracking, you will be able to keep up with your assets for much longer than two weeks.

If part of your business involves delivering or renting any type of equipment or if your employees must travel and use valuable equipment, it really is paramount that you know where your assets are and that you be able to retrieve them if need be. You probably already have a system in place to keep track of what has gone where, but you can still use GPS tracking as a backup.

Measuring at about three inches, the PT-200 GPS device can be your eyes and travel with your assets when you cannot be there. It is so small that it can easily be hidden and works so well that you will wonder how you did without it.

This little GPS tracking device can aid in the tracking, security, and if necessary, recovery of your assets in real time or on demand. It even works in hard to reach places, such as inside trailers and deep inside closed packages. And it does all of this without using an external antenna.

The PT-200 gives notification when its battery is low, so you never have to guess. At the same time it has such a long battery life–running continuously for 10-21 days–that you will not have to worry about needing to change the batteries all that often.

When you use more than one PT-200, you will get color-coded history reports for each package.

In addition to using the PT-200 to track valuable assets and packages, you can also use it to keep track of your pets. Using the PT-200 with the PT-200 Pet Collar, ensures the safety your animal friend.

Click here to learn more about the versatile PT-200 GPS.

If you are part of the sandwich generation, that population of adults who are feeling the strain of caring for both their parents and their children, then you may appreciate what GPS tracking devices can do to lighten your load and put your mind at ease. We’ve mentioned the ways in which a GPS device can assist parents in keep track of children, and now we turn to the other part of the equation: GPS tracking devices can also help parents keep up with their parents and other older relatives.

After all the time they spent caring for you, the role reversal of having to care for parents can be jarring. But since it must be done, why not get technology on your side?

If you have a parent who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease or even a parent who can manage well, but is just a little forgetful, you may want to consider getting a GPS tracking device for them. This will assure you that you will know where they are at all times. If, for some reason, they should become lost or disoriented, you will be able to reach them quickly.

If your parents are still out and about driving themselves, but they have been known to get lost, then a GPS tracking device can help in that situation too. For seniors who are quite active, a GPS device to track your parents or a person in your care can act as a “just in case” tool, something that can act as a safeguard and something will be there in an emergency.

A Dallas corporation that builds houses recently found out just how smart they were to hide GPS tracking devices in some of their equipment. The thieves who stole air-conditioning units from one of the corporation’s housing development also found out just how smart the company was too, but as you can imagine, they are not quite so appreciative.

The stolen air conditioners each have an estimated value of $2,000 and the thieves stole two of these large air-conditioning units. Some of you who run small businesses may imagine that a large corporation would not be concerned about losing that amount of money, but that simply is not the case. Lost money is lost money. In the same way any net gains, no matter how small add to your overall profit. Large businesses get that way by minimizing losses and using GPS tracking devices is one way to ensure that security of your assets and keep money in your coffers.

Corporation employees were able to track the stolen equipment thanks to the GPS tracking devices they had employed for that very reason. So when they contacted the police they were able to collaborate with them and retrieve the stolen equipment.

Not only are you affected as a business owner, you are affected as a consumer. Theft raises insurance rates. It also gets passed on to consumers as the cost of doing business rises.

We know you don’t want to have your property stolen (and we certainly don’t want that to happen either), but in the event that it does, a GPS equipment tracking system from RM Tracking can be the deciding factor in whether or not you catch a thief.

One family in North Dakota decided to look into purchasing a GPS tracking device after their autistic son wandered away from the family while he was outside one day. A child without autism can also easily wander away and become lost and disoriented. This is a very frightening situation. But, as you can understand, the parents in this case were doubly panicked because their son does not have the communication skills that other children have. These parents actually have two sons with autism. So after the incident where one son was separated from the family, they started trying to find ways to make sure that they could keep all of their children safe.

It took an hour and a half, but the family’s missing son was eventually found. However, if you have lost your child for even one minute, you know that you can age a million years with worry in a very short amount of time. Children are also traumatized after being lost and even if they don’t say a lot about it, they tend to cling to their parents more after being found. And a child with autism who has limited communication skills will be affected in ways that they cannot necessarily express.

Children do wander off, on purpose or by accident. A parent may not be able to prevent this, but you can take measures to protect your child. Whether or not your children have special needs, you may still want to consider getting a GPS tracking system to keep up with their whereabouts. It can save you and them a lot of heartache and worry.

You know what they say, “Time is money.” So if you can find a way to save both time and money, why not make the investment? A GPS device can do just that. Whether you manage a fleet of trucks or a household, a GPS system can assist you as you try to get things done. Because everyone has a bottom line and no one wants to see money fly out of the window due to poor planning. GPS tracking can make route planning easier and get you to where you want to go with fewer hassles.

If you live in an area with heavy traffic, you know that shaving a few minutes of driving time here and there means you spend less time on the road and more time doing the things you really want to do. Even if you are not in an area with heavy traffic, your time is valuable and you probably don’t want to spend more of it on the road than you have to.

A GPS fleet tracking system can give you the most efficient route to reach your destination. Not only will you save time, but you’ll also save on fuel. And that really is a big deal. As you try to combine errands and get the most out of a tank of gas, it only makes sense to make sure you are not taking some route that causes you to spend more time idling at traffic lights than necessary. A GPS device can give you information on routes that you can travel with fewer stops and starts.