10 Years of GPS Satellite Success TAGS: earth | Orbit | Planets | satellite Email February 15, 2011 marks 10 years of successful in-orbit operations for the seventh GPS Block IIR (GPS IIR-7/SVN-54) satellite. It was originally launched on January 30, 2001 and declared operational …Continue reading →

GPS Device Scare Temporarily Closes Disneyland TAGS: Disneyland | geocaching | GPS bomb scare Email Disneyland was shut down on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, after a GPS device frightened park officials to the point of calling the police. The GPS device was a part of …Continue reading →

Bill Requires Maryland Sex Offenders To Wear GPS Tracking Devices TAGS: Maryland | Sex Offenders | tracking offenders Email The Maryland State House is considering a bill that would require all tier III sex offenders to wear a GPS tracking device when they are released from prison or as …Continue reading →

Police Say GPS Tracking Device Caused Near-Fatal Collision TAGS: Car accidents | Navigational Device Email A 63-year-old woman from Oklahoma who was visiting San Diego thankfully (and luckily) escaped injury when a GPS ostensibly led her onto train tracks, police said on Thursday, February 17, …Continue reading →

OC Transpo Promises to Release Bus GPS Data TAGS: city gps | OC Transpo | Ottawa Email OC Transpo, in Ottawa, has promised to provide updated GPS tracking data to smartphone application developers, after receiving heat for pulling the current data from the city’s Apps4Ottawa contest. Alain …Continue reading →

GPS Tracking Devices Help Endangered Species TAGS: conservation | protecting wildlife | Wildlife Tracking Email Researchers have found GPS tracking devices useful in gathering information on many species of wildlife, from Kenyan lions to Bengal tigers. Conservationist programs all over the world have discovered the …Continue reading →

GPS for Baltimore PD TAGS: Baltimore | Baltimore Police | Police GPS Email The eighth-largest city police force in the U.S. is using GPS tracking to get police officers where they need to be faster. The Baltimore Police Department employs over 2,000 police …Continue reading →

GPS Truancy Company Insists Good Motives TAGS: AIM | kid privacy | parental control | parents and kids Email AIM Truancy Solutions, a company that sells GPS devices to parents in order to track children and their truancy habits, is sparring back against allegations that its service violates childrens’ …Continue reading →

Lost Maine Women Found Thanks to GPS TAGS: hiking | Maine | search and rescue | trails Email Two women were recently lost on a trail in Harpswell, Maine, so a local game warden used GPS tracking technology to help find the geographical coordinates of the two women. …Continue reading →

Spouse Tracking Gives Wives the DL on their Husbands’ Whereabouts TAGS: cheating | GPS cheaters | infedelity Email While many wives trust their husbands to stay faithful, the sad truth is that affairs are becoming increasingly common – especially among married men. And while you may think that …Continue reading →