GPS tracking for your car February 3, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS vehicle tracking , add a commentThere’s a new kid on the block when it comes to tracking your car by GPS. Inilex, a Chandler, Arizona company, is marketing a device called the Kepler Advantage that allows you to track your vehicle online, by email or via cell phone text messaging.
A GPS tracking device for your car can help prevent theft and allow you to keep an eye on teenage drivers. Sold for $600 to $1100, the device also requires a monthly subscription fee. The Kepler Advantage GPS tracking device is available via auto dealers.
GPS devices stolen - thieves easily located January 26, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking, GPS vehicle tracking , add a commentA year ago, the town of Babylon, New York, acquired 300 GPS tracking devices, and placed many of them in the town’s fleet of maintenance vehicles. Recently, 14 of the devices were stolen from the Department of Public Works maintenance yard. The thieves apparently thought they were simply cell phones.
The town fired up their GPS tracking system and, lo and behold, it led them right to one of the thieves. Case solved.
TomTom WORK GPS fleet tracking January 13, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking, GPS tracking employees, GPS vehicle tracking , 1 comment so farTomTom, better known for their consumer car navigation systems, has announced TomTom WORK. Combining the best of both worlds, TomTom WORK provides GPS fleet tracking for managers, while also providing GPS navigation for drivers.
The system has three components:
- TomTom WEBFLEET: an easy to use web-based service, giving access to 24-hour vehicle management and comprehensive reporting tools. TomTom WEBFLEET allows businesses to view their vehicles’ and drivers’ exact locations and manage new tasks.
- TomTom LINK: a compact, small unit placed inside each vehicle, allowing users to automatically and cost effectively transfer current vehicle positions (using GPS) and other information (via GPRS) to TomTom WEBFLEET.
- A TomTom portable navigation device (PND): either the TomTom GO 910 or TomTom GO 510.
Two-way communication is enabled as well:
Office-based managers can communicate with drivers by sending orders and text messages, enabling client orders and locations to be updated and new tasks and navigation coordinates to be sent to appropriate drivers. Drivers can send (standard) messages on order and work status.
The cost is less than $2 per day for TomTom WEBFLEET, $500 for TomTom LINK (per vehicle), plus the cost of the PND.
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GPS fleet tracking December 31, 2006
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking, GPS asset tracking, GPS vehicle tracking , add a commentFleet tracking is a specialized form of GPS asset tracking that utilizes other technologies as well. Often lumped together under the term mobile resource management (MRM), this technology suite can utilize GPS, RFID, and Wi-Fi. Telematics is another term used to describe this field, which can help reduce fuel, labor and insurance costs, and even the number of vehicles required to meet management’s needs.
A study by C.J. Driscoll and Associates indicates that 1.9 million GPS/wireless devices are used for this purpose, and that the market will grow to 5.9 million by 2009. Automatic vehicle location (AVL) is one of the most commonly used components of MRM.
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GPS tracking of school buses December 8, 2006
Posted by Rich in : GPS tracking and public safety, GPS vehicle tracking, GPS tracking cell phones, GPS tracking children , add a commentWXIA-TV in Atlanta reports on GPS tracking of school buses. The tracking, done via Sprint Nextel cell phones, has seen costs plummet recently:
“This technology was something that used to be 1500-2000 dollars per bus and that information was not real time,” reveals Robert Lacey, Sprint/Nextel education account manager.
“With technology it brings it down to anywhere from $200 to $300 dollars per bus for the hardware. And, $1.00 to $1.50 a day for service fee.
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GPS vehicle tracking helps police find stolen car September 11, 2006
Posted by Rich in : GPS vehicle tracking , add a commentHere’s a story about how GPS vehicle tracking helped police in Charlotte, NC find a stolen car:
Police used Global Positioning System (GPS) technology overnight to find a stolen vehicle.
The suspect or suspects remain at large, however.
Police were contacted overnight and told that someone had stolen a Cadillac Escalade. When officers were told that the vehicle had the On-Star security system, they used the GPS technology to find the vehicle.
That set off a pursuit, and police finally found the vehicle, abandoned, on Eagles Landing Drive, off Freedom Drive in west Charlotte. The suspect or suspects had escaped, however.
Police called in their K-9 dog search team but were not able to locate the thief or thieves.
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