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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 [...]

New GPS Fire Fighting Equipment Developed

by Ronen Ijadi on July 29, 2010

  Over the past few years, the use of GPS technology has been very effective in the world of law enforcement, but only recently has it been applied to fire fighting as well. Slowly but surely, more and more fire departments are adopting these GPS systems as part of their fire fighting gear on account [...]

In today’s modern era, GPS systems can be used for almost anything; car navigation, personal tracking, law enforcement, etc. But recently, scientists have discovered a way to use GPS systems to improve agriculture. It’s called precision agriculture, and it does just what the name implies. Using satellite imagery, farming specialists can get an aerial view [...]