To many consumers, a GPS simply means a navigation system. Global positioning satellites somehow log into your car, determine your location, and tell you how to get to your Aunt’s house in Spanoway. Consumer applications for GPS devices have been expanding of late, especially when it comes to location based social networking. As such, GPS
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No one, not even Steve Jobs, could have foreseen the rapidity and ubiquity with which smart phones have been assimilated into our culture. First it was the refrigerator. Then, it was the microwave. After that, the personal computer. Now, the smart phone has become the new essential tool for American life, a technological wonder that
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There’s more to wristwear than telling the time. The cellular phone marks one of the largest catalysts for economic and consumer change in decades. The landline telephone is quickly becoming obsolete. Desktop and laptop computers are being complimented with mobile phones that receive emails. Even the wristwatch faces extinction now: once a proud symbol of
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Few segments of the GPS industry receive more analytical attention than fleet management. One of the key benefits of GPS technology as it applies to fleets is the ability to monitor vehicle use (and perhaps abuse), conformity to highway regulations, vehicles that may or may not be in emergency situations, and more. One huge hurdle
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There’s more to a GPS designed specifically for Marine GPS applications than meets the eye. To the casual seaman, an iPhone may seem like an adequate GPS tracking device for basic navigation tasks. However, marine GPS devices have been around longer, have been used with great effectiveness, and hold several key advantages to boaters who
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Have you heard the name TomTom? One of the world’s leading giants when it comes to GPS technology, the corporate titan is now expanding greatly into the mobile GPS market in India. If you don’t know what TomTom is, it’s time to take a moment to get to know a company that just might be
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When it comes to business, one of the most popular (and, in some ways, profitable) applications of GPS technology is fleet management. Let’s say you run a trucking company in Tuscon, AZ. You own seven trucks, and pay seven drivers. You install GPS devices on each vehicle and, thanks to powerful software that analyzes every
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The Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore Gas & Electric, and local cell phone companies are likely to be extremely thankful for law enforcement use of GPS tracking devices today. Police hit a GPS tracking device on an automobile suspected os being involved in repeated thefts in the Baltimore area. Police obtained a warrant from a
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To the Chicago Department of Aviation, GPS tracking on cell phones was a spectacular waste of money—to the tune of over $170,000. While the situation raises interesting questions regarding the effectiveness of cell phone GPS tracking vs. dedicated GPS devices, and poses an interesting problem for future GPS designers and implementers to resolve, the primary
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