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So You Think The GPS Tracking Business Will Slow Down?

Well maybe it will and maybe it won’t.  Basic GPS tracking is a service that provides avery rapid ROI … pays for itself in six months or less .. the faster gas prices rise, the faster the GPS tracking ROI, actuallyt.
But saving money is one thing … a good thing to be sure … but [...]

SatNav Without the Sat — 1920’s GPS?

One of my very favorite blogs is one called “Strange Maps” … I’ve featured them here on the GPS Trcaking ROIb blog a time or two.  Here’s something they just ran recently which is a fascinating glimpse into the past … as well as a great illustration of how our current non-tech society thinks they [...]

You Want To Charge Me For WHAT?

pYou know Intellectual Property issues are often at the forefront of today’s news.#160; From movie companies trying to prevent people watching their copyrighted materials online to John McCain being so ignorant that he didn’t realize you can’t use artists’ songs (especially artists who oppose your views as it is) in campaign commercials bashing your opponents.#160; [...]

Why Continue Losing Billions?

Here’s a pretty interesting (in a sad sort of way) video that outlines just a few of the massive federal motor vehicle fleet programs.  According to the figures that the government offices are willing to release (and you better believe these figures are ‘fine tuned’ to look as good as they can look) the federal [...]

GPS Jamming — Can It Be Done?

… "Here’s yet another way to measure the success of GPS: by the efforts to negate it. While unintentional jamming continues to rise, intentional jamming by both foreign military forces and at-home miscreants of various stripes has shown increased vigor in the past six months. Related here are recent instances of intentional jamming on each [...]

Reader Test … OK, What Part of this Article is the Stupidest?

Trucking companies consider suing Canadian province
Some trucking companies in Quebec are considering suing the province’s Transport Ministry for effectively putting 135 bridges off-limits by increasing the weight restrictions.
Today’s Trucking reports that heavy haulers in particular claim the restrictions have paralyzed their businesses.
The restrictions were put in place after a bridge collapse in Laval killed [...]

GPS Tracking ROI Link-a-Bits 25 Jan 2008

Lesson of the day: Some opportunities may be better left un-seized. A Riverhead man with a felony record learned it the hard way when he jumped in an idling Suffolk County-owned van and took off, only to be arrested minutes later. Turns out the vehicle was equipped with a GPS [...]

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