OpenGTS - Open source GPS fleet tracking for free April 29, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS fleet tracking , 2 commentsThis is one of the more interesting options I’ve come across - OpenGTS - an open source GPS fleet tracking solution. Yes, open source, as in free. Now I’m not sure how many companies will actually take this on. Just ask your CTO about doing it and see what he/she says!
OpenGTS uses a Google Maps interface (as shown below), though their site says you can use other mapping interfaces if desired. Geofencing can be used to provide arrival / departure information.
OpenGTS supports devices using Open DMTP, the Open Device Monitoring and Tracking Protocol, a companion project. The system can currently be used with the Palm Treo 650 and the HP hw6945.
The costs of GPS monitoring of criminals April 21, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS tracking and public safety, Uncategorized , add a commentNewsday reports on one Long Island community’s probation department that says they don’t have enough officers to track GPS monitored offenders.
John Desmond, director of Suffolk’s probation department, told his staff to stop recommending GPS devices as a condition of probation because the department does not have enough officers to supervise more accused and offenders.
“Additional cases at this time would pose a serious challenge to our ability to respond appropriately to alerts,” Desmond said in the March 9 memo obtained by Newsday.
Currently, 10 probation officers working in three shifts track the whereabouts of 50 criminals and defendants around the clock to ensure they don’t go where they’re not supposed to, Desmond said.
