July 5, 2018 8:22 am
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
In times of disaster, the best course of action may be the only logical one: get out of the way. When such is the case, timing is everything. If there is one thing that GPS is adept at, it’s improving our timing. It’s no surprise, then, that the same technology used to keep track of our company’s fleet as well as get us to the movies before the previews start is also being put to work in saving the lives of those in the danger zone. When Mother Nature gets restless, human lives are put at risk. Emergency broadcast systems... View Article
June 28, 2018 7:49 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
With so many news stories about children and teens in the news lately, especially when it comes to their wellbeing and safety, we decided to shift gears and look at some of the ways GPS tracking technologies are being employed by schools to help keep children safer, including as a possible solution for the prevention of school shootings. We found so many GPS and other technological solutions that schools and parents are implementing to improve the safety of students, it would take a book to tell you about them all. Below you’ll find just a few of the ways that GPS... View Article
June 21, 2018 4:51 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Here at GPS Technologies, we like to write about our own GPS tracking solutions as well as on the world of GPS technology, including in the world of professional sports. We recently covered the use of Electronic Performance Tracking Systems (EPTS) and the NFL. With the 2018 World Cup going on right now, we thought we’d turn our attention to a different type of football – soccer. The embrace of GPS and other tracking technologies by professional soccer occurred later than most professional sports, but since FIFA (International Federation of Football Association) approved Goal Line Technology (GLT) in... View Article
June 14, 2018 10:21 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
Over the past few weeks, we’ve focused on GPS tracking and the workplace. We’ve talked about it from the perspective of employees, including when those employees are police officers, but we haven’t taken a closer look at the legal issues of GPS tracking. How legal is it to track someone with GPS? Unfortunately, there aren’t many laws that specifically mention GPS tracking. That means it’s often not clear whether an employer or individual can track someone with GPS. We’ll look into some areas where right now it’s legal to track your employees as well as where there might be some... View Article
June 7, 2018 9:58 pm
Published by Malcolm Rosenfeld
In early May 2018, CBS Los Angeles reported that police officers in Burbank, CA were able to apprehend a woman and a man who they suspected had almost $20,000 worth of perfume because some of the merchandise had GPS tracking devices attached to them. We’ve been talking a lot lately about GPS tracking at work and how employees feel about being tracked or having their work vehicles tracked. In our last post, we looked at how police officers in Massachusetts view having their squad cars tracked via GPS. But what happens when the tables are turned and it’s GPS Asset... View Article
