Rocky Mountain Tracking

One county in Minnesota is looking into using GPS tracking technology to help some its residents with disabilities. Dakota County may follow lead of neighboring counties and municipalities across the country. This vulnerable population and their loved ones could benefit if county officials approve of the plan.

Jurisdictions can provide tracking bracelets to those who have had brain injuries, suffer with autism, Alzheimer’s or similar ailments. One sheriff started to consider this use of GPS vehicle tracking technology after he was approached by families who wanted increased protection for their loved ones. One family who approached him has gone through the anguish of having a son who has autism wander away more than once. The man seems to find his way toward water each time and his family is concerned about his safety.

When a person who is wearing a GPS tracking device designed for personal safety goes missing, a family member of caregiver needs to contact the authorities. Then they send out a team that has been specially trained in search-and-rescue missions.

People with disabilities who wander off tend to have limited communication skills. Even if they realize that they are lost, they are often not able to seek the help they need. Families and caregivers may not always be able to prevent someone from wandering off, but it is possible to take measures to protect those with special needs.

When it comes to personal tracking, Rock Mountain Tracking (RMT) provides the products and comprehensive customer support. A lot of GPS solution providers that are simply not structured to give helpful, customer-friendly to access tech support after you purchase a unit.  RMT offers customer and tech support that is second to none. Call RMT at (877) 477-9668 or visit http://www.rmtracking.com to learn more about how you can benefit from  personal tracking.

GPS tracking systems provide valuable information that can be used in so many ways. Choosing to utilize GPS tracking helps individuals and businesses keep track of people and assets . GPS tracking devices have been used to fight crime and keep people out of harm’s way, but they can also be used for fun and recreation. More and more businesses are finding that GPS tracking assists them as they make efforts to connect with clients and provide customers with experiences that make them want to come back and tell others about their experience.

Shenandoah National Park is using virtual GPS rangers to dispense information and help guide visitors through the park. For a fee, park visitors can rent a GPS Ranger and explore areas of the park at their own pace, rather than have to follow the time constraints of a tour led by a human ranger.

They key to this innovative approach for exploring the park is GPS tracking technology. If the park simply wanted to provide an audio soundtrack for visitors to take along as they walked around, they could do that, but it would be difficult to pair pertinent information with specific spots in the park. Because of the GPS locating system that is a part of the GPS Ranger, the tracking device knows where a park visitor is at any given time. In this case, location information is used to let the machine know which part of the previously recorded ranger talk to play.

Park visitors have to pre-select a program for the area they are visiting. When a visitor stops at a certain point in the park, an image of a human ranger will pop up on the screen of the GPS device thanks to the GPS Ranger’s GPS locator. The video of the human ranger gives facts and information about the user’s current location.

The changes in our economy have affected us in so many areas. Some of these effects are obvious and some are not so obvious. Adults look at the rise gas prices in terms of their commute and their own leisure activities, but have you thought about how it affects young people?

For instance, to cut down on gas costs, some school districts have started to operate what they call “walking school buses.” This means that a group of children in an neighborhood all walk to school under the supervision of an adult. In other areas, children just have to walk to school on their own because their bus stop has been eliminated due to budget cuts. All in all, we may find that many more children have to walk to get to where they want to go.

This is where a GPS tracking device can come in to provide parents with peace of mind. Not only can a GPS locator be used on vehicles, it can also be used for child tracking. If you have to send you child out walking to school and you cannot go with them because you have your own commute, you can rely on GPS tracking. A GPS tracking device will be there when you cannot be there.

GPS vehicle tracking technology can alert you to any number of possible problems. Sometimes the danger is not the predators that parents so often fear.  Your child could fall ill on the way to school. Or your child could be perfectly safe and healthy, but just decide to take a detour to get some candy. Whatever the case, when you use a GPS device for personal tracking, you will be able keep track of what is happening with your child. A GPS tracking device can give you an extra layer of protection and safety.

GPS devices are great crime-fighters and are a very useful tool to have in your arsenal when it comes to preventing or investigating theft. Organizations and private citizens have found that they really got their money’s worth by installing GPS tracking devices on their property, be it a car, a bicycle or construction equipment.

Let’s stop here for a moment. What do a car, a bike and construction equipment have in common? (No, this isn’t a trick question.) Give up?
Well, they are all non-perishables and it is easy to think of using a GPS device to keep track of these sort of things. But what about perishable and edible items? Well, GPS technology can be used to keep track of those kinds of things too.

When a company notices that someone had helped themselves to more than $50,000 worth of their inventory over a period of three months, they decided to take action. The company’s owner put a GPS tracker on a pallet of Alaskan king crabs and the thieves took the bait. With cell phone tracking technology on his side, the business owner had information on the whereabouts of his cargo sent to his cell phone. This data was turned over to the local police department and the police were able to zero in on the thieves’ location because of the information provided by the GPS tracking device.

When you are tracking something with a GPS device, you get raw data for several satellites, but that data is useless or confusing if it isn’t presented through the right software. Rocky Mountain Tracking has user-friendly and reliable software that will get you the information you need when you need it. Plus, RMT provides customer and tech support that is second to none.

Visit Rocky Mountain Tracking today to learn about GPS asset tracking.

Earlier this week, we told you about how GPS tracking has been used in the fight against drugs. One concerned man used a personal tracking device to help his girlfriend steer clear of drugs. Had he tried to keep tabs on her on his own, he may not have been successful.

Gene bought a Rocky Mountain Tracking device (available online at www.RMTracking.com) over the phone from Jeff Tomlinson, a sales manager. Once installed in her car, the live Rover device allowed Gene to see, on his computer, every detail of his girlfriend’s travel: location, direction, speed, and tracking history. It also created a geo fence, which showed when she went outside a specified area.

Maybe you are looking for a personal tracking device that can help you keep track of a loved one. It doesn’t have to be a girlfriend, it could be a teenager, a child or an elderly relative. Whoever it is, a personal tracking device from Rocky Mountain Tracking is the high-quality solution that will provide yo with the information you need.

Check out the PT-200 GPS, it is the world’s smallest tracking unit for personal tracking and it utilized Qualcomm’s patented CDMA GPS One technology. Although it is the world’s smallest, it has great tracking capabilities. The PT-200 provides accurate information, even in impaired environments–all without the use of antennas.

With the PT-200, you can get:

-real time tracking information on someone’s whereabouts
-location history that includes complete address, date and time stamp
-notification before the battery runs out
-10 to 21 days of continuous use

With the PT-200 there are no activation fees. Rocky Mountain Tracking provides you with support and service, so there is no middleman. Our plans are very flexible: you can increase or decrease your usage limits at any time with a written request. There are rentals available for live tracking with the PT-200 as well.

When some people hear the words “personal tracking,” they picture an angry spouse following someone to a seedy motel. Surely, GPS tracking technology has been put to use that way, but there are so many more ways to used a GPS tracking device when it comes to keeping up with loved ones and family members.

Just asked Gene, an anguished man, who turned to a GPS tracking device to help save his girlfriend from drug addiction. She couldn’t help herself and Gene could not have succeeded in his quest to keep her from drugs on his own. Once a GPS tracking device from Rocky Mountain Tracking (RMT) was installed in his girlfriend’s car, Gene was able to see where she went. Information from the tracking device would have alerted him to any erratic driving behavior since the tracking device made note of her location, directions, speed and tracking history.

Most importantly, the tracking device alerted Gene to when his girlfriend want to buy drugs to feed her addictive habit. He was able to meet her at the locations where she would normally buy drugs.

“Gene is a perfect example of people who can put our GPS devices to innovative uses even in their private lives, to solve a particular problem,” says Brad Borst of Rocky Mountain Tracking. “Rocky Mountain Tracking’s numerous GPS tracking features enable precisely this kind of flexibility and innovation.”

While we admire Gene’s courageous efforts and are glad that he was able to use a gps tracker to help his girlfriend, we also advocate looking out for your personal safety. In Gene’s case his presence made it so that those who would have normally sold drugs to his girlfriend decided to avoid her instead.

In a press release from RMT, Gene said, “The bottom line was that I needed something to help me, and the Rover device did for me exactly what I needed,” says Gene. “The tracking device helped me help her, so that she could finally do what she had to, to save her own life.”

Not only can GPS tracking devices help with personal tracking, theft prevention, and asset recovery, they are also being used to protect the lives of endangered animals and keep the peace.

Recently, in Kenya, angry villagers were calling for the death of an elephant who had eaten their crops. In a remote mountain village where crops are a farmer’s only livelihood, one can understand why villagers were upset. They did not do the deed themselves, but asked authorities to track down the elephants and help to help protect crops.

A conservation research group, who has tagged 20 of the endangered elephants in the area, stepped in and asked authorities to hold off on shooting the elephant. He may not know it, but the elephant can thank a cell phone tracking system for saving his live. The elephant’s collar is equipped with a GPS cell phone that send a text message with his location each hour. The conservation group will try to head him off at the pass if they see he is on his way toward danger.

To calm down villagers, the conservation team turned to the location data they’d collected to show that this particular elephant did not have a history of straying and this was an isolated case and the hunt was called off.

If a GPS tracking device can keep up with an elephant, just think what it can do for you. GPS devices can be used for child tracking, truck tracking, vehicle tracking and in many other ways. You can receive up to the minute alerts via e-mail, cell phone or through web-based monitoring. You can also be instantly notified when the subject is within a certain proximity to a predetermined location.

If you have something or someone you want to keep track of, contact Rocky Mountain Tracking to get talk to a knowledgeable representative about keeping track of what is important to you.

Looking to the example of other cities, counties and municipalities around the country, South Carolina has decided to use GPS tracking technology to save money, gas and shortcut employees misuse of government vehicles.

This week a contract will be awarded to company who will help the state to put GPS tracking devices on public school buses and other state-issued vehicles. This is likely a first because South Carolina is the only state in the nation that had its own fleet of school buses.

Not to say that safety is not an issue no matter who is riding in a vehicle, but it safety is especially important when it comes to transporting little ones. With GPS tracking devices on school buses, officials will know who is speeding or accelerating and take measure to ensure the wellbeing of young passengers. With GPS units aboard, the state will be able to monitor whether or not drivers are stopping at the right stops and if they are stopping for adequate amounts of time. Plus, they will be able to quickly locate a bus if there is an emergency.

One town in New York state racked up a savings of 14,000 gallons of gas after they installed GPS tracking devices on state-issued vehicles (and at today’s gas prices, you can just imagine how much money that is). For South Carolina, officials project that if using GPS vehicle devices can save them 2 gallons per bus each day, with each bus traveling about 16,000 miles a year, the GPS devices will pay for themselves by the time the next school year rolls around.

Using GPS tracking devices to assist with fleet management also means better money and time management. Yes, it is a cliché, time really is money and these days, gas is money too. Visit Rocky Mountain Tracking to learn more about how GPS tracking devices can help you manage your fleet and save money.

With gas prices on the rise, many people have sought out alternative modes of transportation. Although a GPS tracking device can help you make the most of your gas dollars by allowing you to monitor and curb gas-wasting driving habits, you can still use a GPS tracking device even if you decide not to drive a car.

The on-campus police force at the University of Wisconsin has made good use of GPS tracking system technology by putting GPS tracking devices on bicycles that they are leaving around the university campus. Since last spring, the “bait bikes” have more then proven themselves. One sergeant said that they were able to call the program a success after only about six weeks. The initiative worked so well, they bought more GPS devices after that first six weeks.

Officers are able to locate the stolen bait bikes using the internet within minutes of a bike being stolen. They are able to locate the stolen bicycles quickly and swoop in quickly to arrest the culprits.

Rocky Mountain Tracking has an array of tracking devices to remotely monitor subjects, vehicles, and assets of interest from an office or surveillance vehicle. You can get up to the minute alerts via e-mail, cell phone or through web-based monitoring. You can use a GPS tracking device to investigate sensitive documents and packages, as well as situations where the exact location of a subject is critical.

Depending on the type of GPS system you  purchase, you can track your equipment on a regular basis or you can purchase an on demand system that only tells you the location when you need it. You can even choose GPS tracking equipment that will tell you where your property is in the event that a thief takes it and cuts the battery cable.

You can go to the Rocky Mountain website to learn more about how GPS can assist with vehicle recovery and asset tracking.

Earlier this year, we mentioned that the owners of golf courses had found ways to make use of GPS tracking technology to improve customer service and increase profits. By giving golfers portable GPS devices or by installing them on golf carts they are able to keep up with customers for a variety of reasons. They can monitor customer location for safety, keep in contact with players or even ask if a group of golfers who are ready to come in want to pre-order food or drinks.

Golf isn’t the only recreational area that has found that GPS tracking is good for business. The operators of a luxury ferry service in California decided to install GPS tracking systems on each one of their ferries.
That way, the ferry operator’s employees can keep track of the location of all of the ferries. This way they can keep up with each boat’s comings and goings. This will allow them to communicate any pertinent information to the boat’s crew and passengers. The office will not be unaware if a ferry is delayed and they can even dispatch help if it is needed to some reason.

GPS tracking improves response time and customer service. By knowing where the vehicles in your fleet are at all times on a real time map, dispatchers can solve problems and easily send the nearest vehicle if the need arises.  This saves both money and time.

Whether your business is golf carts, ferry boats or carpet delivery, you’ll find that the more information you have, the better. Keeping up with your employees and vehicles using GPS tracking only makes sense. GPS tracking devices are a great fleet management tool that not only adds an extra layer of safety, it can also add to the bottom line. Safer, secure more efficient operation practices are a key part of increasing profits.