The IRS has very specific rules regarding personal use of company or fleet vehicles. And the tax agency is beginning to seriously crack down in the form of audits, fines, and penalties levied against businesses that do not comply with these rules by allowing employees to use company vehicles for personal use. Personal Use Problems […]

Minnesota-based Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon goes digital with live GPS tracking of the race. On January 26th at 1:00pm, the annual Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon returns to Duluth, Minnesota where it will start at Duluth East High School. This year, the track is the same as previous years, and many participants are returning after completing […]

Scientists attempt to prevent damage from future oil spills by using GPS tracking technology. The last major oil spill was the Deepwater Horizon spill, also referred to as the BP Oil Spill, in 2010, which involved 4.9 million barrels of oil being poured into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill occurred during a period of […]

Stranded skiers get rescued by search and rescue, thanks to GPS tracking. Everywhere you look, global positioning systems (GPS) and their advanced tracking abilities are being used for good. Most recently, it is to help a large group of skiers that became lost overnight in the backcountry area of West Kootenays, BC. The rescue happened […]

GPS, short for global positioning satellite, is a United States navigation system that utilizes 24 satellites originally placed into orbit for military use by the Department of Defense. Today, Americans use those satellites for a variety of civilian functions related to GPS tracking, navigation, and guidance. Other countries, however, are attempting to make their presences […]