I write often here on tracking criminals, parolees and ‘high risk juveniles with GPS.  The usual reason many law enforcement jurisdictions haven’t done much along these lines is the age old excuse every government worker uses to get out of work … or thinking … the "We have no money" line.
Here’s a nice piece [...]

Our good friends over at GPS Lodge published a post last night about "Predictive Traffic" on Google Maps.  I have mentioned several times how aggregated data from GPS tracking equipment in cars and trucks, along with other traffic sensors already in place, can save time, save fuel and … bottom line … improve business profits. [...]

It’s no secret I very much favor using GPS tracking to monitor criminals … of all shapes and sizes.  See
GPS and the ‘Hood — And Why I think It’s a Good Idea 
and
Business case for GPS Criminal Tracking 
for just a few samples.
A very sad fact that emerged last month and was pretty well [...]

Many aspects of business revolve around miles (or kilometers) traveled.  For years we have had a useful tool in almost  every car and truck called an "odometer". (French odomètre, from Greek hodometron : hodos, journey + metron, measure).
Mileage reimbursements to employees, freight charges to shippers, even approval or denial of expensive warranty claims al\re all [...]

Here’s an interesting report from the UK that shows that telemetry, usually GPS powered, is really catching on.
Analyst firm Berg Insight found 2.2 million passenger cars in Europe had an on-board telematics device at the end of last year. Stolen vehicle tracking is the primary telematics application, followed by automatic emergency calling, driver assistance [...]

I’ve written here a few times about GPS, traffic management systems and the power of aggregating GPS tracking data (anonymously of course) to add to everyone’s knowledge of the traffic situation.  See here and here for a couple examples I like.
Here’s an excellent news media update.  This is a great opportunity for mapping companies [...]

As I have mentioned a number of times, a semi-depressing fact of life with this blog is the number of searched that I get regarding the defeating of GPS tracking, the legalities … grasping at straws to find ways to make GPS tracking of vehicles on public highways illegal … and handwriting about the [...]