Montreal residents can now get up to date bus arrival time on their smartphone thanks to GPS tracking. The Transport Society of Montreal has announced that bus arrival times will be updated real-time on their website and mobile app. The Read More …
As online shopping is gaining popularity, the U.S. Postal Service is expecting to deliver 850 million packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Other operators like UPS and FedEx are also expecting similar volumes of deliveries this year end. Another Read More …
The Ghaziabad municipal corporation has implemented GPS tracking for their waste transporting vehicles. An online control centre has also been set up to track the movement of the vehicles in real time as well as to take immediate action on Read More …
The Ontario Provincial Police successfully took a suspect into custody using GPS tracking technology. The suspect was a wanted criminal who was running the police in a previous incident. The suspect was spotted by the police patrolling in the area. Read More …
A charity organization in Canada has decided to resort to GPS tracking to protect their charity bins from being stolen. Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa, a no profit organization based in Ottawa and Outaouais keeps large donation bins at schools, Read More …
While driving a vehicle, emergency situations can arise quite unexpectedly. It could be a burst tyre or a minor accident. It could even be a grave situation like a car hijack or an armed burglary. In such situations, you will Read More …
Crime reports from around the world indicate an increase in the incidents of car hijacking around the world. The above chart shows the number of car thefts reported per 100,000 population in each of the top 10 countries. The key Read More …
As early as 2002, there were companies in Dubai working on providing GPS based vehicle locating solutions. These pioneers evolved into highly specialized location-based solutions providers over the years. They focused on governmental projects and the enterprise. Another kind of Read More …
Each iButton device has a globally unique and unalterable digital address. The guaranteed unique 64-bit serial number can be used as a key or identifier for each iButton device. The address can be seen on the face of the iButton Read More …
Vehicles can be remotely immobilized by sending a command to the tracker. If the tracker supports GPRS commands, then you can issue a GPRS command from the vehicle tracking platform to effect immobilization. Some trackers do not support GPRS commands. Read More …