http://gpstrackinginfo.com Just another WordPress site Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:38:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/cash-strapped-mbta-considers-gps-triggered-ads-on-buses/2200 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/cash-strapped-mbta-considers-gps-triggered-ads-on-buses/2200#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:24:22 +0000 Yehuda Borg http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=2200 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to consider implementing GPS triggered ads on Boston's buses.]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/cash-strapped-mbta-considers-gps-triggered-ads-on-buses/2200/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/defense-department-testing-gps/1846 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/defense-department-testing-gps/1846#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:42:59 +0000 Eli Fink http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=1846 The Department of Defense will be testing the Global Positioning System (GPS) for part of the next few weeks, according to a Flight Advisory issued by the Federal Aviation Administration a few days ago. The series of tests, which are planned to go on daily until the 22nd of February with a several day break [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/defense-department-testing-gps/1846/feed 1 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-inventors-worthy-of-consumer-electronics-honor/1508 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-inventors-worthy-of-consumer-electronics-honor/1508#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:41:13 +0000 Evan Kessler http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=1508 We spend a lot of time on this site championing various practical uses, reveling in state-of-the art advancements and debating occasional privacy drawbacks of Global Positioning Systems; but with all technological innovations, we sometimes forget that we wouldn't be having such discussions if not for the ingenious contributions of a few inventive minds. No, we're [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-inventors-worthy-of-consumer-electronics-honor/1508/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/to-warrant-or-not-to-warrant-that-is-the-big-gps-controversy/1080 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/to-warrant-or-not-to-warrant-that-is-the-big-gps-controversy/1080#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:07:51 +0000 Ahuva Zucker http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=1080 It has come up in many a court whether or not tracking a suspect with a GPS tracker is legal. Is it a breach of the fourth amendment? Is a tracker a form of “unreasonable searches”? Need it be dependent on a warrant “upon probable cause supported by Oath or affirmation”? Is it in violation [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/to-warrant-or-not-to-warrant-that-is-the-big-gps-controversy/1080/feed 1 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-collars-can-protect-giraffes-in-africa-from-poachers/968 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-collars-can-protect-giraffes-in-africa-from-poachers/968#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:28:05 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=968   Due to poachers and hunters who use giraffe’s skin to produce cloth, the giraffe population in Western Africa has unfortunately become extremely scarce. They are slowly making their way up the endangered species list, and scientists have had to act quickly. In order to gather more information about these long-necked, majestic creatures of Africa, [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-collars-can-protect-giraffes-in-africa-from-poachers/968/feed 2 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-tracking-used-to-save-hawksbill-turtles-from-mass-extinction/851 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-tracking-used-to-save-hawksbill-turtles-from-mass-extinction/851#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:36:56 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=851   Hawksbill turtles are among the most critically endangered species in the world. They used to populate the area around the Gulf Coast, but the BP oil spoil only aggravated their situation. The oil ridden waters have killed thousands of turtles alone, while thousand more have died from starvation and predators. Very few turtles make [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-tracking-used-to-save-hawksbill-turtles-from-mass-extinction/851/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/how-safe-is-your-newborn-baby/889 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/how-safe-is-your-newborn-baby/889#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:35:07 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=889 The biggest nightmare that a new mother can have is losing sight of her baby. It may only be for a few seconds, but in that time her baby could be kidnapped. Normally, if a baby is missing at a hospital, that hospital will go on lockdown. This procedure involves sealing off all exits, sounding [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/how-safe-is-your-newborn-baby/889/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-saves-7-year-old-girl-from-kidnapper/905 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-saves-7-year-old-girl-from-kidnapper/905#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:38:17 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=905 On June 15th, a seven year-old girl was abducted in the middle of a Chuck E. Cheese’s in California. The girl was thankfully wearing a GPS device disguised as a wristwatch, so when the mother realized she wasn’t there and notified the police, they were able to track her down using satellite tracking technology. As [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/gps-saves-7-year-old-girl-from-kidnapper/905/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/china-launches-new-satellite-to-rival-americas-gps-systems/836 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/china-launches-new-satellite-to-rival-americas-gps-systems/836#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:54:01 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=836 This Sunday morning at 5:30 AM, the Chinese government launched a rocket into space that was carrying a navigation satellite system. This satellite is the fifth of over 30 Beidou orbiters that Beijing hopes will soon rival America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). For many years, the U.S. Air Force has owned and operated the system [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/china-launches-new-satellite-to-rival-americas-gps-systems/836/feed 0 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-based-software-could-end-texting-while-driving/817 http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-based-software-could-end-texting-while-driving/817#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:15:31 +0000 Ronen Ijadi http://gpstrackinginfo.com/?p=817   Texting while driving has become a serious problem with drivers in the United States, especially among newer teenaged drivers. Unfortunately, over 3,000 young drivers died every year from texting while driving, with another 330,000 more that get injured or get into a car accident every year. Companies have released public safety announcements about the [...]]]> http://gpstrackinginfo.com/new-gps-based-software-could-end-texting-while-driving/817/feed 0