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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.
Students at the Utah State University are hacking self-driving cars in order to improve security. Associate professor Ryan Gerdes is heading the project. “Right now in America, we lose about a trillion dollars every year to congestion in our roadways,” he said. “We also have about 40,000 deaths annually.” He’s hopeful the research he and his […]
The San Diego government currently monitors driving habits through Bluetooth-enabled phones using Blufax, a Bluetooth tracking system. The city has at least 16 devices installed with plans to add one on each roadside call box. Information gathered by Blufax provides data accessible by both the local and federal government. Some worry about privacy violations, although the […]
GPS stations monitoring minute movements within the Earth’s crust used for collecting earthquake-related data are also collecting data on the serious drought affecting the western states. Using the GPS data, geophysicists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography estimate the overall loss of water is around 240 billion metric tons, or roughly a 4-inch layer of water covering […]
Australia announced this month Dutch firm, and FieldLogix customer, Fugro will continue the search for flight MH370 that went down four months ago, although the company doesn’t traditionally conduct deep-sea recovery operations. Fugro’s director of corporate strategy, Rob Luijnenburg, attributes they company’s successful bid to their “combination of sufficient resolution and the capability to survey […]
A split federal appeals court agreed Baltimore police acted in good faith when using a GPS tracking device without a warrant to track a suspect back in 2011. The GPS device was attached under the rear bumper of the suspect’s car and officers used the information provided to find and stop the vehicle. They found […]
A Florida man can thank a GPS tracking device for leading authorities directly to him.Trans-Phos Trucking in Naples, FL reported the dump truck stolen Friday night and the GPS device in the vehicle showed the truck was sitting at a residence on 36th Ave SE. Deputies observed the dump truck parked behind the house when […]
Thirty-one clean car projects across the United States will share a pool of $55 million. Of the 31 projects, 19 hope to improve competition among plug-in vehicles. The plug-in vehicle projects are part of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, an initiative pushing the U.S. to be the first country offering an electric vehicle with the […]
The stresses of starting a new job aren’t limited to regular 9-5 employees. Jon Lester, a new player on the Oakland A’s, admitted to needing GPS to find his way to work. During an interview on The Dan Patrick show, Lester admitted, “Every day, I do the GPS on my phone, so I don’t get […]
Jaguar Land Rover has purchased a private fleet of 543 cars worth an estimated $167 million. Dr. James Hull’s collection has cars from every decade starting in 1930 and includes Winston Churchill’s Austin, Elton John’s Bentley, and Lord Mountbatten’s Mini Traveller. In May, Hull put his collection on the market for $167 million. Jaguar refuses […]
