Jackson Parker

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GPS Tracking Without a Warrant – Supreme Court Set To Decide

On Tuesday, November 8, the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in a case The New York Times recently dubbed “the most important Fourth Amendment case in a decade.” The court’s ruling will have a far-reaching impact on society, and on law enforcement and warrantless GPS tracking practices.

The case, United States v. Jones, revolves around a few fundamental questions. Must police first obtain a warrant before placing a GPS tracking device on a suspect’s car? Can police track someone’s movements for weeks or months at a time without any legal limitations or restrictions?

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GPS Inventor Wants To Make Warrantless GPS Tracking Illegal

The New York Times has called the upcoming US v. Jones case “the most important Fourth Amendment case in a decade.” The NY Times said, “the answer will bring Fourth Amendment law into the digital age, addressing how its 18th-century prohibition of “unreasonable searches and seizures” applies to a world in which people’s movements are continuously recorded by devices in their cars, pockets and purses, by toll plazas and by transit systems.

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Tracking System For Prescription Meds Launched

A sophisticated tracking system that monitors when, where, how much and how often prescription drugs are dispensed was launched throughout Florida this week. Law enforcement will use the tracking system to help reduce the illegal distribution of painkillers, and identify addicts and drug dealers.

The tracking system, known as the Electronic Florida Online Reporting of Controlled Substances Evaluation, enables physicians to request patients’ prescription drug histories. Pharmacists and other health professionals who prescribe narcotic-grade medication such as oxycodone and hydrocodone have seven days after painkillers are dispensed to report the information to the database.

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Basketball Fans Get Game Day Fix at US Fleet Tracking Invitational

fleet tracking invitational lebron jamesThis week the US Fleet Tracking Basketball Invitational was hosted by Kevin Durant. The charity game was a wish come true for thousands of basketball fans who are eagerly awaiting the start of this year’s NBA season. The game benefited the Single Parents Support Network of Oklahoma.

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Garmin App Turns Your iPhone Into a Personal Fitness Trainer

Garmin, one of the world’s largest GPS manufacturers, has developed a new app that lets users track their workout speed, pace, distance, time, and calories on their cell phone. The Garmin Fit App can also monitor your heart rate, but users have to purchase extra Garmin (GRMN) accessories to take advantage of the heart rate monitoring features.

The Garmin Fit App can also control music playback and display incoming calls and text messages, so you can keep an eye on your phone’s favorite features without interrupting your workout. It also works with Garmin Connect, which lets users upload their workout data and share it with others.

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Verify Employee Time Sheets With A Fleet Tracking System

Without a fleet tracking system, there is no way to verify a driver’s location, routes or to ensure that employees only use vehicles for authorized trips. Jason Bailey, CEO of Vanguard Alarm Services, said, “My guys travel quite frequently but FieldLogix (fleet tracking system) gives me the exact time when an employee started a vehicle, when he arrived or left a job site, and when the vehicle was shut off. l know exactly how long the employee took at each site and how long they worked during the entire day.”

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GPS Shoes for Alzheimer’s Patients – Tracking System For Loved Ones

Shoes that have a built-in global positioning satellite (GPS) tracking system inside the heels are coming soon to a store near you. The GPS tracking shoes were created for Alzheimer’s patients who are at risk of wandering off.

Because the GPS tracking system inside the shoes is inconspicuous, they don’t make the patient feel inadequate. Other GPS tracking devices such as bracelets, necklaces or anklets are often rejected by Seniors “because paranoia is a manifestation of the disease,” according to Project adviser Andrew Carle of George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services. “If you put something on someone with Alzheimer’s that they don’t recognize, they remove it. If it’s a wristwatch and it’s not their wristwatch, they will take it off. So you have to hide it.”

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More Accurate Storm Tracking System Unveiled in Seattle

Bad weather can’t be controlled, but now it can be more accurately measured and predicted, thanks to a brand new storm tracking system unveiled this weekend by Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. Bad weather costs the city millions every year, and sometimes storms can be deadly. For example, in December 2006, a woman drowned in her basement from a surge of floodwater. This storm alone resulted in over 300 damage claims, and cost the city $3.2 million.

The city expects the new storm tracking system will save the city money, and help protect its people and their property by giving them faster, more accurate warnings. Plus it can help to ease traffic congestion and reduce car accidents caused by big storms.

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New GPS Tracking System Brings Indian Railways into 21st Century

A one-of-a-kind GPS tracking system has successfully been implemented in New Dehli. The GPS tracking system monitors the real-time movements of trains. Never again will riders have to stand outside in the rain or snow waiting for a train that is running late.

The tracking system allows passengers to check the status of train departures and arrivals, making it easy for riders to stay on schedule, plan their travel, and never miss a bus again. The newly designed tracking system, which uses GPS satellites service, is expected to immensely overcome a lot of the limitations of the area’s current Train Running Information System.

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Free GPS Tracking Apps To Help Parents Monitor Kids This Halloween

Smartphones equipped with GPS tracking technology will be very useful for parents this Halloween. These GPS tracking apps enable parents to receive timely data on where their children are. GPS tracking apps can also notify parents if their children wander too far away.
Here are three FREE apps for mobile devices with GPS tracking technology, allowing parents to know where their trick-or-treaters are at all times.

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LightSquared: Say Goodbye To Internet Dead Zones

Anyone with a cell phone, computer or a tablet, should be paying attention, because LightSquared is proposing to build something that currently does not exist: a high-speed wireless system that reaches almost every corner of America, including underserved rural areas and over-capacity urban areas. LightSquared, a company trying to break new ground in the telecom industry as a national wireless broadband provider, has invested billions of dollars to develop America’s first ever broadband system that utilizes a combination of satellite and cell tower technology.

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LightSquared Reveals GPS Device Solutions for Interference Issues

According to LightSquared, a majority of precision GPS devices can be fixed by replacing the external antenna, others will require a factory retrofit. The company says they are working with three high-tech companies to develop inexpensive, efficient solutions.

The first GPS device manufacturer to bring LightSquared compatible receivers to the marketplace is Javad GNSS. At a live news conference last week, the companies showed an external antenna roughly the size of an enterprise Wi-Fi access point and a ceramic filter smaller than a pencil.

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Will LightSquared’s GPS Filtering Technology Work?

LightSquared is under a new deadline to prove that it can come up with an affordable solution to stop the company’s wireless network from interfering with global positioning system (GPS) signals. If LightSquared can produce a viable solution in time, then the FCC and Congress are likely going to have to decide who will pay for the upgrades.

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Bethenny Frankel Lost At Sea After GPS System Malfunctions on Boat

SOS! Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel and her husband, Jason Hoppy, were lost at sea for over 20 hours after a sailing trip went incredibly wrong. Bethenny and Jason, along with a Bravo film crew, were aboard a sailing vessel headed towards Nantucket, Massachusetts. The boat was struck by a huge, rogue wave, causing the GPS system on the boat to malfunction.

There were about 10 people on the boat, stuck in the middle of the deep sea with no land or anybody nearby.

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Why A GPS Fleet Tracking System Is Good For Your Business

Fleet tracking systems are a worthwhile investment for many companies, large and small. Most users see a positive ROI in less than 90 days. Here’s a few reasons why:

1. A fleet tracking system can drastically improve customer service. You can impress your customers by giving them precise arrival or delivery times, based upon the actual location of your vehicles at the moment they call. You can respond quicker to last minute customer requests because the system is able to quickly locate and notify the driver that is closest to the client.

2. Employee productivity is often improved because managers are able to document long lunch hours, monitor unauthorized breaks, prevent employee overtime and maintain electronic driver records to prevent vehicle usage after hours or on weekends. Many business cut overtime costs immediately.

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LightSquared Wants GPS Industry to Pay for Interference Issue

LighSquared Execs Say GPS Device Users Were Aware Of and Supportive Of LightSquared’s Network, But Continued To Operate Out of Their Licensed Spectrum. Therefore Certain GPS Users Such As Trimble Should Carry Some of the Financial Burden of Solving the Interference Issues. This weekend LightSquared’s General Counsel, Curtis Lu, said “The GPS industry continues to […]

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Ex-FBI Dir. Says Warrantless GPS Tracking Should Be Illegal

Should police be allowed to use a GPS tracking device to monitor someone – at anytime, for any reason, without their knowledge or consent – without first obtaining a warrant based on probable cause?

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GPS Industry Responds To LightSquared Ads

Yesterday LightSquared decided to make its side of the story public by investing in several full-page ads in newspapers such as the Washington Post and New York Times. The Coalition to Save Our GPS recently responded to the ads, saying, “Today’s expensive full-page ads repeat LightSquared’s same, tired claims that it full well knows are not accurate…”

“LightSquared’s goal of creating more broadband competition is laudable, but its initial failure to recognize the potential for interference to the GPS devices and services we all rely on every day is inexplicable, and its continuing efforts to claim that the problem has been ‘solved’ are irresponsible….It’s time for LightSquared to step forward and accept responsibility for providing fully tested, verified solutions, and for bearing the full costs associated with any transition required to implement any solution.”

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