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The Best GPS Tracking Watches – 2012

GPS-enabled watches are incredibly useful devices, and the technology is always improving as competitors battle it out year after year for the coveted number one spot as the best GPS tracking watch.

FieldLogix Gives Sunshine Landscape a Positive ROI in 18 Days

Upon installing FieldLogix fleet GPS, Carlos’ suspicions were immediately confirmed, and what he found was much worse than he had ever suspected.

By using the system’s activity reports, he found that his “honor system” was being abused by his employees. By having an accurate way to measure daily work hours, his overtime costs dropped immediately.

****In fact, his overtime costs dropped by more than 2 hours per man per day with no change in the workload. Based on Carlos’ calculations, he paid for the entire first year of the system within the first 18 days. ****

Fleet GPS Tracking System Launched in 12,000 Buses

In an effort to improve the efficiency and provide more commuter-friendly services, fleet GPS tracking technology will be installed in about 12,000 buses.

Best GPS Tracking Collars For Pets, Reviews By Consumer Reports

GPS tracking collars are fantastic for anyone who has a dog or cat they want to keep tabs on. People who have felt the agony of searching for a missing pet especially know how valuable a pet GPS tracking device can be.
Last week Consumer Reports tested three GPS tracking devices to see if they could help find a runaway pet. The RoamEO for $200, the $170 Garmin GTU 10, and the Tagg Pet Tracker for $100.

Prosecutors Sanctioned After DEA Caught Hiding GPS Tracker

U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett ruled last week that DEA investigator David Jensen “acted in bad faith” when he failed to mention GPS tracking in reports detailing the investigation of the suspect.

Have Gas Prices Peaked?

This recent decline in gas prices has led some to suggest that we may be at or at least near to the peak price for the season. But history say otherwise.

Clinic Monitors Asthma Attacks with GPS Tracking

asthma-inhaler-GPS-trackingWhen a patient pushes the inhaler button, the device delivers a shot of medication, and triggers a sensor equipped with GPS tracking technology that records when and where the inhaler was used.

Mountain Lion Captured & Fitted With GPS Tracking Collar

A mountain lion who was captured at Griffith Park in Los Angeles in March has been fitted with a GPS tracking collar and released into the wild.

GPS Fleet Tracking System Helps Keep Michigan Roads Clear of Snow

In real-time, the GPS fleet tracking system tells the Department of Public Services where trucks are located, how much salt the trucks are using, whether truck plows are up or down and how fast the trucks are going.

MetroLink Launches ‘Positive Train Control’ To Prevent Collisions

the tracking system could have prevented a deadly train crash in 2008 when a Metrolink train ran a stop signal in Chatsworth and slammed into an oncoming freight train.

Police Can Monitor Restraining Order Violations with GPS

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill this week that allows judges to order GPS tracking for people who violate restraining orders.

GPS Tracking Devices Change The Way Viewers Watch Yacht Races

GPS tracking technology has brought the historic Qantas Link Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race (one of biggest yacht races in Australia) into a new era.

The race will be watched by more fans than ever before, thanks to the latest in GPS tracking technology that will allow millions worldwide to watch the progress of every yacht in real time, as they battle it out across the sea.

Fans will be able to get just as involved in the race as if they were part of the crew. Users can not only view information about each yacht and its progress, they can also access analysis on a yacht’s average speed and handicap to get a running account of the expected result.

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