GPS Is A Powerful Farming Tool TAGS: agriculture | Farming Email RapidEye, a German company, is helping farmers everywhere grow better crops. The company uses five different satellites that tracking weather, farming data, and other useful information. Using these GPS tracking …Continue reading →

Estonian Scientists Tracking Werewolves TAGS: werewolves | wildlife | Wolves Email Estonian wolves have long been the stuff that stories are made of. The legendary werewolf tales seem to have originated in that part of the world. Perhaps that’s why scientists …Continue reading →

Indian Cab Hijackers Caught Thanks to GPS TAGS: hijacking | india | taxis Email GPS tracking recovered an Indian cabbie’s vehicle while putting away five carjackers recently. The cab driver was driving to Paharganj from Gurgaon. He works in Gurgaon for the Top Wheels …Continue reading →

Authorities Should Not Misuse GPS TAGS: GPS Monitoring | gps police | police tracking Email GPS tracking is rapidly spreading as a tool for businesses and governmental groups to follow their fleets’ movements, with a host of benefits. Fleet tracking can reduce costs by helping …Continue reading →

Delaware Supreme Court to Rule on Warrantless GPS Tracking TAGS: court ruling | delaware | supreme court Email Warrantless GPS tracking has been a subject of much debate and controversy for a few years now. A case is being brought to the attention of the Delaware Supreme Court, …Continue reading →

GPS: Too Much of A Good Thing? TAGS: civil rights | GPS Tracking | illegal tracking Email As a society, we have seen dozens of benefits come out of GPS tracking technology. It helps us navigate maps, recover stolen goods, respond faster to emergencies, and study endangered …Continue reading →

Queensland Premier Announces GPS Monitoring for Pedophiles TAGS: pedophiles | queensland | tracking criminals Email Anna Bligh, Queensland Premier, recently announced that she will deliver on long-standing promises to implement GPS tracking devices on convicted sex offenders.  “Next week’s state budget will include almost $14 …Continue reading →

Slow and Steady: GPS Tracks How Fast Hawksbill Turtles Move TAGS: turtles | wildflife Email In an effort to bring more awareness to the endangered Hawksbill turtles, the Emirates Wildlife Society and WWF Marine Turtle Conservation Project (EWS-WWF) have organized what they’re calling the Great …Continue reading →

H5N1 Mystery Solved With the Help of GPS TAGS: bird flu | clues | scientists Email Scientists have used GPS tracking for years to follow the movements of animal populations in an attempt to learn all kinds of information. They follow migrating species as they travel …Continue reading →

Peace in Kenya With GPS TAGS: africa | kenya | surveying Email The latest addition to a land surveyor’s methods is GPS tracking. Over the years, surveyors have progressed from using a compass and chain, which was not very precise, through more …Continue reading →