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?

OK, no BS.  This is a selling-oriented event.  But it is an excellent way to learn a lot about what GPS Tracking is … not what the rumor mills have you thinking it is.  These folks have been my business partner for years.  They produce excellent products, field an excellent integrated system and provide top-drawer support.  So if you want to increase your technical understanding and make better informed business decisions, give it a shot, even if you feel you are miles away from buying anything:

I just noticed some searches here at GPS Tracking ROI on the phrase “cab spotting” and realized that since I revamped the site my old articles on this useful tool weren’t here any more.

My goodness it has been a long time since I wrote about this service.

Perhaps this should be subtitled GPS Tracking for oatmeal. I just know that in today’s world we need GPS tracking to protect our school children from accident and terrorists, and per haps also to protect the bus drivers from the …

This is about G{S Tracking?  OK it does that headline look a little ’snarky’?  Well I suppose it is.  I have worked with a number of municipal and country auditors in the past and tried to work with several state office … but they mostly look at the information that proves to them they are losing big time and say, "Ho hum, is it lunch time yet"?

This is a fact that will stand up to an audit.  You can take it to the bank.  Most states don’t even know how many sex offenders they have … or how many cars they have on the road for that matter.  Sad but true.

The innovative vehicle tracking system created for the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) by Astrata Group Incorporated has now been accepted by Singapore’s Government.
“The deployment of such an advanced, state-of-the-art system on commercial vehicles is the first such application in the world,” says Singapore’s SCDF Commissioner, James Tan.
After nearly a year of system integration, deployment, testing and training, the countrywide hazmat vehicle tracking system is set to play a prominent role in Singapore’s expanded homeland security program.
Under a contract awarded to Astrata Singapore, more than 700 vehicles have now been fitted with the small, intelligent tracking device, which is smaller than a mobile phone …  Full Story is Here

Well the first thing the nay-sayers are going to come up with is that Singapore is a small city-state. 

This is actually a republication of a story I wrote several years ago … but the very same issues are going on all across America today. Public agencies refuse to embrace the benefits of GPS Tracking in saving costs and …

I’m seeing a lot of searches on "cheap GPS Tracking" lately.  I suspect most of them are business-related.  There’s nothing wrong with looking for the best bargain, indeed that’s the responsibility of a business owner or government administrator.  But here …

ABQ Ride adds GPS technology

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