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Fleet management systems have been around a while and have become so complex that it has evolved into Field Resource Management. This article explores 5 reasons why all fleets need at least a basic Field Resource Management system.
China is planning to launch its own GPS system – one that will rival the GPS system in the US.
At a news conference yesterday in Beijing, a world renowned GPS technology specialist said that China will start to offer a GPS service aimed at drivers in 2012. The new GPS navigation service for drivers will use own China’s own GPS satellite system named, aka Beidou.
Gas prices in San Diego have been very high lately. The current average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the US, according to AAA, is $3.547. In California, the average is $3.969. It’s going to be hard to find a gallon of unleaded regular gas for less than $4 a gallon this Spring in California.
The Utility Consumers’ Action Network (UCAN) tracks gas prices at hundreds of gas stations in San Diego. Charles Langley of UCAN said he was uncertain about where gas prices are heading, but it wouldn’t surprise him if the price topped $5.00 a gallon this summer, according to KPBS.
Gas prices are high and are expected to stay that way for the next few months. A gallon of regular gas in the averaged $3.549 on Monday March 21, 2011, almost 38 cents more than one month ago, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
Gas prices have steadily been on the rise. One month ago, gas prices were at $3.163. One year ago gas prices were at $2.820, which is 73 cents less than today.
One week ago, gas prices were at $3.558 so prices have eased up a bit over the last few days
A lawsuit was filed last week against the FBI and US Dept. of Justice by Yasir Afifi for secretly hiding a GPS tracking device under his car without a warrant. The lawsuit says this was a violation of his civil rights. The lawsuit was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Afifi’s behalf. They are seeking compensation, an injunction, and a decision saying that any use of GPS tracking devices without a warrant in the US is unconstitutional.
Afifi is a 20 year old college student who lives in Santa Clara, CA. He claims he has not been involved in any suspicious activity, and there is no way the FBI would have a valid reason for placing an inconspicuous GPS tracking device on his vehicle. He is now suing the FBI for secretly placing the GPS tracking device on his car.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is the most searched business by Americans with a GPS navigation device. More people search for Walmart on their GPS than any other business in the USA, according to a recent survey by TeleNav, one of the nation’s biggest wireless location-based services providers. As a matter of fact, the GPS system searches for Walmart were more than double the number of searches conducted for second place, retailer Target.
According the the TeleNav GPS System Study, the most searched businesses in the US are:
1. Walmart
2. Target
3. Starbucks
4. Best Buy
5. Chase Bank
he recent 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan will not only leave an everlasting impression on the country, but globally as a result of the quake’s effect on the rotation of the Earth and GPS coordinates, according to Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The intense earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, has accelerated Earth’s spin – which has has shortened the length of Earth’s day by a fraction and shifted how the planet’s mass is distributed.
The earthquake shortened of the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds. Aftershocks in Japan could continue to result in further changes to GPS coordinates, the length of day, and the shifting of the Earth’s axis.
Another criminal caught by GPS! Recently in Pennsylvania, a man stole an ambulance out of the driveway of a local hospital. Shortly after, he crashed it. The police said the man, Michael Wilson, crashed the ambulance after driving it away from Highlands Hospital. The vehicle sustained damages to its front bumper, side mirror and part […]
GPS tracking devices are often used to catch employees doing things they aren’t supposed to be doing. “We’ve seen several instances where managers had no idea what their employees were up to during work hours,” according to FieldLogix, an industry leading GPS fleet tracking system. One afternoon in San Diego, CA, a driver for Artic […]
Ex-police officer pleas ‘no contest’ to stalking ex-girlfriend with a GPS tracking device aka misdemeanor unlawful use of an electronic device.
