GPS tracking devices have been responsible for scores of happy endings, from lost dogs being returned to their owners to stolen possessions being recovered to Alzheimer’s patients being found after wandering away from home. Perhaps one of the most exciting of these stories occurred off the coast of Sydney, Australia when a GPS-equipped EPIRB beacon
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It wasn’t very long ago that the idea of a handheld device that could show you exactly where you were on the planet, down to a range of ten feet or so, was revolutionary. Next, that technology was incorporated into a tracking system consisting of a transmitter (attached to the thing you wanted to track)
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Smartphones have taken the world by storm, with more and more people all over the world purchasing them each day. It’s easy to see why. These little gadgets bring the power of the internet and GPS technology to the palm of your hand, wherever you may be, all by a few screen taps and swipes.
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GPS tracking technology protects dealership assets. Hunting down a hidden car is now a thing of the past. Yet, there are right ways and wrong ways to use a GPS tracking system. Things to Avoid While Using GPS There’s no need to hide the use of a GPS tracking system. In fact, informing your clients
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Who would have thought that farmers use GPS tracking to carve out their “maize mazes” every year? Corn mazes have become increasingly popular entertainment venues in recent years, and farmers are searching every year for new and more interesting patterns for their mazes. Now GPS technology is helping to make better mazes and draw more
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British Telecom (BT) has been facing the problem of copper theft for many months now. As the economy becomes worse, more and more thieves have started to target telecom companies (such as BT) in order to steal copper cables. By using GPS technology and teaming up with a company called SmartWater, BT aims to fight
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GPS tracking devices have a number of practical uses such as tracking stolen goods, monitoring teen drivers, recovering lost pets as well as the mundane work of getting you to your destination. But, GPS technology also is the key to a fun, economical recreational activity called geocaching. All that is needed is a GPS tracking
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently announced that the current radar system used by U.S. air controllers will soon be replaced by GPS tracking technology. The FAA awarded a GPS tracking contract to an engineering firm in 2007, and the firm is presently working on the “NextGen” technology to make huge improvements to the
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According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, throughout the past 3 years, nearly 27,656 vehicles have been stolen in Houston every year. This year, Houston police in conjunction with Nationwide Insurance have seen those numbers drop thanks to the newly devised, car anti-theft GPS tracking based, “Bait Vehicle” program. Bait vehicles are unmarked cars that
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Theft in the construction industry is becoming increasingly common as bulldozers and Bobcats disappear from jobsites. Also common is to have parts and doors stolen from heavy equipment to be sold for scrap. Random items such as skid loaders, forks, rims, electric motors, tractor weights, concrete rebar, PTO shafts and more are routinely stolen from
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