A battle has been raging the last several months over the use of GPS tracking by law enforcement without a warrant. It all began when Wisconsin’s State supreme court ruled the police were issued a valid warrant to track the vehicle movements of one Michael Sveum, who had been suspected of stalking a woman back [...]
GPS units can’t triangulate your current web surfing position using google maps, but if they could they’d know you get all of the GPS tracking news from this site. If it’s in the public eye and GPS-related, you can bet on coverage from GPStrackinginfo.com. But if you’ve got an eye towards purchasing GPS products and want [...]
GPS technology has been put to use helping many vulnerable, disabled, and disadvantaged people; but one running theme is the need to monitor the information it feeds on a map or via some visual medium. True, your vehicle GPS navigation device can guide you with it’s soothing voice, but still usually have to browse at [...]
Way back in September, JAXA (the Japanese Space Agency) sent the first of three QZSS satellites (Michibiki) into orbit around this island Earth. The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System was to work in concert with the American GPS to improve its tracking capabilities and make Japanese terrain all the more navigable by increasing GPS signal range to [...]
GPS applications aren’t just for finding your way through the maze of obstacles man and mother nature have placed on this earth to block you from getting to point B; GPS tracking can be used to make statements. One LA-based Indie Rock band is using the technology to relay a simple message: “OK Go.” With [...]
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t kick of until January 6th in Sin City, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for the Consumer Electronics Association to sing the praises of the new devices that have knocked their socks off. The 2011 CES Innovation Awards were announced this past Friday. A panel of engineers, designer, [...]
To paraphrase the old adage and the 80′s TV show, “diff’rent folks are into diffr’ent strokes” (and also, what you talking ’bout Willis?). Though not all of those different folks have a prescient eye on ruling the world, it’s a good bet the majority of them take occasion to roam it. In this, the age [...]
Last week we highlighted two GPS tracking phone apps; one of the apps in question was geared towards recovering your lost phone, while the second app was for parents who wanted to keep tabs on their kid. Well, it turns out the latter type of app is equally adept at performing the former operation– as [...]
Walking down a darkened city street can often make you feel as if you're in a precarious situation. The installation of many a glowing lampost goes a long way towards turning a treacherous stretch of gravel into a safe haven for vehicles and pedestrians. But even when just one of those lights goes out, that [...]
Your iPhone has plenty of handy apps that allow you to keep an eye on so many aspects of your life. You can track the weather in Thunder Bay, Ontario or Bamako, Mali for your upcoming trip; you can monitor the Sunday progress of your fantasy football team; and you can even find the name [...]
