84% of survey respondents want child tracking service October 23, 2007
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Tele Atlas, the road navigation data company being bought by TomTom, has published the results of a wireless GPS survey. Among other findings the study reports that:
84 percent of respondents expressed interest in “child locator” services that would show a detailed route to where their child is currently, and 47 percent expressed interest in “friend locator” services.
A healthy willingness for subscribers to pay for such services: Approximately 74 percent of respondents with a minor child indicated an acceptance of monthly fees for “child locator” offerings, and nearly 40 percent of respondents indicated wiliness to pay for “friend locator” offerings. Of note, respondents expressed heightened interest for such offerings if provided via ad-sponsored models.
GPS tracking results in huge fuel savings for NY town October 12, 2007
Posted by Rich in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe city of Islip, N.Y., on Long Island, has seen a dramatic drop in fuel use since implementing GPS tracking of municipal vehicles. Supervisor Phil Nolan believes city employees had been using fuel for personal trips.
In May, June and July of last year, town employees pumped a total of 110,293 gallons, compared to 96,160 during the same period this year, a 13 percent drop.
Cutbacks in overtime could account for part, but not all, of the change, Nolan said.
Public funding of GPS tracking for Alzheimer’s patients? October 8, 2007
Posted by Rich in : GPS tracking elderly , 1 comment so farAn Albany County, New York, legislator is planning to introduce a bill establishing a feasibility study to investigate possible county funding of GPS monitoring of Alzheimer’s patients. According to the Albany Times Union, Legislator Paulette Barlette said,
Between 60 and 70 percent of all Alzheimer’s patients will wander and possibly get lost at some point during the course of their disease and a staggering 50 percent will die if they are not found within 24 hours.
