GPS Helps Make Snow Manageable in Midwestern County TAGS: GPS technology | snow plows | snow removal | Wisconsin Email In Winnebago County, Wisconsin, winter hits hard. Citizens deal with the elements in ways familiar to most of us in the lower 48: snow pelts the landscape. Until the slat …Continue reading →

New Jersey Equips Snow Plows With GPS Devices TAGS: new jersey | snow plows | snow removal Email New Jersey isn’t messing around with Old Man Winter this year.  They are hoping the $17 million they invested in GPS tracking devices for their fleet of 500 plow trucks …Continue reading →

Fleet Tracking Overcomes Snow Disaster TAGS: gps plows | gps snow removal | madrid | snow removal | winter roads Email When most people think about GPS Fleet tracking, they imagine fleets of Lear jets or squad cars. Snow removal is pretty low on the radar. However, tracking a fleet of …Continue reading →

Beet Juice and GPS: A Killer Winter Combination TAGS: gps snow | ice | salt | snow plows | snow removal Email Thirty-three Lake County, Illinois, snowplows were outfitted with GPS tracking devices at the beginning of this 2010 in an effort to improve snowplow service. The Lake County Department of Transportation …Continue reading →

Man Vs. Winter: GPS Wins the Battle TAGS: gps snow removal | snow | snow removal | utah | winter Email With record snows falling across the nation, highway crews prepare to fire up their GPS tracking systems and begin the battle of man vs. winter. Many states have already received …Continue reading →

Calgary, Canada, Using GPS Tracking for Snowy Commutes TAGS: canada | gps snow | snow removal | winter Email The city of Calgary, Canada, has begun tracking its snow plows with a GPS tracking system. The intended goal of this GPS tracking system in Calgary will be to show …Continue reading →