Archive for: February 2009

Updating the GPS satellite constellation takes next step
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 25, 2006

One year to the day …

Here’s a recent entry in Rosalind Gardner’s Net Profits Today blog that at first glance doesn’t seem to be GPS-related but it’s just so important that I have to take the time to address the issue.  Now, listen up …

Laws on GPS use need to be updated

WHEN Global Positioning Systems (GPS) first came on the scene, they were used mainly by local law enforcement and federal government agencies.

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As Dave Barry is famous for saying, "I’m not making this up".  You may think part 1 of this series was complicated, but when you get into local commercial vehicle operations, you ain’t seen nothing yet: (Reference)

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Here’s another installment in the mini-series on why American trucking executives should pull their head from the sand and start maximizing the bottom line with GPS.

If you’re John Q. Public reading the mail here you may not even …

Everyone who reads my GPS Tracking articles here regularly (and, by the way, if you aren’t already a subscriber, may I ask you, as a personal favor, to just click on this link and subscribe?  It would be of benefit to both of us, thanks) knows that I focus on ways that GPS tracking can improve a business’s bottom line … how you get a return on an investment in specific technology.

Many readers who come here from search engine queries, though, are interested in the more drama-related aspects of GPS … things like tracking and errant spouse of girl friend.  There was even a spoof article which made the rounds a month or so ago about a company selling a device that could be attached to a woman’s panties and would not only send their location from time to time but sound an alarm if they were removed.  A joke, I hope, for at least the foreseeable future.  But for how long?  I don’t know.

We here’s a company who has a proven rate of return on their investment in GPS tracking technology and their specific application is tracking women’s lingerie … and expensive, sexy lingerie at that.  So far I think they have limited the use to tracking before the panties are worn, but ….

Here’s another entry in the GPS Tracking for Pets derby.  I like this one because it seems better suited to how people typically interact with their pets.  And, it doesn’t require any service from cell phone companies of any description.  Not only does this mean there won’t be any monthly fees, but the darn thing might actually work.

There seems to be no end to the folks visiting here who are interested in GPS tracking for pets, especially roaming dogs.  I love dogs, but I don’t let them roam and I’d for sure be GPSing my vehicles first, but hey, other people’s interests are my interests too.  There’s quite a few devices coming on the market and I’ll post a few, along with some real-world comments on what I think is effective.  I don’t sell any of these systems and I’m not afraid to call a spade a spade.

U-blox has released a handheld version of its tool for evaluating and analyzing GPS performance. U-center mobile provides a highly flexible platform, adapted to the limited viewing area of handhelds, to configure and test GPS products and visualize the collected GPS data, the company says.

According to u-blox, u-center mobile provides satellite status and positioning information, facilitates 2D representations of any GPS parameter in real-time, and offers extensive configuration options. Additionally, the system has a data recorder with playback functionality that enables GPS data logging. Log files created with u-center-mobile are compatible with desktop u-center, allowing log files to be analyzed either on the handheld or a PC, the company says  Full article here: 

A nice GPS Tracking test and development tool released here,  The average consumer-level user never needs to be concerned with the mechanics of the GPS but there are many civilian applications that could benefit

Like anyone who writes a blog or operates a web site in support of a business, especially in the world of GPS Tracking, I take note of what people search for.  The poem below was initially posted  in response to a cigarette theft, where the stolen  $100,000 truck tractors were protected (and recovered) by means of on-board GPS, but the trailers, carrying more than $1,500,000 went missing.  very few trucking companies protect their trailers … where the cargo … the whole reason behind trucking .. rides … mainly, because their competitors don’t.  Business smarts haven’t improved any since March, I’m sad to say.

There’s a series of commercials popular on TV lately that really chaps my hide whenever I see one. A big name-brand insurance company has a guy going around and spotting hazards like a banana peel on the sidewalk. Does this do-gooder pick up the litter and protect people?