Although robotic vessels and underwater drones have helped scientists with exploring the ocean, whales have now been used for learning with the help of GPS trackers. Oregon State University has shown this with their new tracking system.

Thanks to their new Advanced Dive Behavior (ABU) tag, they are able to track whales and transmit data every second for up to seven weeks at a time.

The ABU tags can monitor how the whales move, how they dive or orient their body and even track water temperatures and light levels. Read the rest of this entry »

At a Portland Land Rover dealership located on Northeast Grand Avenue, crooks made off with a few luxury, brand new sport utility vehicles.

One of the Range Rovers that was stolen was found by employees by the end of the day. They said it was located a block away from the dealership, parked with a ticket on its windshield.

Earlier that morning, Portland police came to the Northeast Grand Avenue Land Rover Portland dealership because of the high-end heist.

Apparently, the burglars broke into the showroom and drove off with around 5 of the vehicles, according to employees.

No comment was made by Land Rover Portland. Each Range Rover was worth over $100,000 at their site, according to the dealership’s website. Read the rest of this entry »

When your customers have trouble with water in their basements they want help fast. Whether your business focuses on waterproofing basements before problems arise or you deal with homeowners trying to prevent future moisture problems in their basements, the odds are good that your customers all have one thing in common. They all want prompt service and attention from you and your drivers. This is where GPS fleet tracking can come in extremely useful.

Provide Drivers with Detailed Driving Instructions

This means the right basements are receiving your attention at all times. Communities are growing faster each year with new neighborhoods and addresses constantly cropping up. LiveView GPS tracking provides constant updates to the maps so you can drive with confidence that your drivers will reach their destinations on time thanks to outstanding navigation assistance by the GPS system. Read the rest of this entry »

In western Austria, a farmer with cows is swapping the standard cow bells for GPS tracking devices after receiving a complaint from irritated guests about the noise.

A cow bell is used to make it easier to locate animals, particularly cows, who wander off. Even though they have long been used on cows, cow bells are often used on many other types of animals. Cow bells are typically made from bronze, brass, iron, wood or copper and the collar that holds the bell is made with leather and wood fibers.

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In an effort to create a safer work environment for truck drivers and safer roads for everyone, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration established the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rule, which requires that all trucks who are currently using paper logs or logging software transition to ELDs by December 18, 2017.

Those who are using Automatic On-Board Recording Devices to log the time drivers spend on the roads have until December 16, 2019 to comply with the ELD rule requiring them to install and use the appropriate devices by the deadlines states.

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