Accurate and efficient data collection concerning marine debris may be one of the first steps for raising awareness and reducing the amount of overall debris found on beaches and waterways. One solution that attempts to give everyone an opportunity to help solve the problem of litter in our waterways and on our beaches is the Marine Debris Tracker mobile app.

The app was created as a joint effort between the Southeast Atlantic Marine Debris Initiative and the NOAA Marine Debris Program and allows you to check in when you find litter on along the coastlines or in various waterways. Read the rest of this entry »

GPS fleet tracking offers many benefits to logging companies that improve your public image and boost your bottom line. If you aren’t already using this amazing technology for your logging company, these are a few things you might be missing out on.

Improving Your Company’s Safety Record

Improved safety can help you save money on auto insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, vehicle repairs, and medical treatments. It also helps to improve public perception of your business and drivers.

How does GPS tracking help with this?

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A GPS tracker has landed at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after beginning its journey in the ocean at San Salvador Island, in the Bahamas. The piece of equipment glided across the sea for months before landing at its final destination on Tuesday, October 18.

The GPS tracking device was sent out to sea by Assistant Professor Jeremy Stalker, and a group of his students, from Jacksonville University, Florida. They were attempting to ascertain whether there is bad news up ahead for the coastlines of Central and South Florida, and where trash might end up reaching the shore over the weeks ahead.

The tracker was created by a group of Stalker’s study abroad students who made a structure of floats, PVC pipes, and other items they found on a Bahamas beach. It was then sent out on the seas to try find out how water travels. Read the rest of this entry »

Cleaning windows is big business – even for small window cleaning companies. One thing all businesses have in common, though, is the need to constantly improve the flow of work in order to improve profitability.

GPS fleet tracking can help your window cleaning company do just that.

Below are a few great ways you can boost your profit and please your paying customers even more with the help of GPS fleet tracking. Read the rest of this entry »

Audubon Canyon Ranch biologists have trapped a mountain lion in Sonoma Valley in order to put a GPS tracking collar on her. The first investigation of its kind for the biologists, the lion, that was sedated, and outfitted with the neck device at the beginning of October, 2016, was then released back into the wild so her movements could be tracked, and studied.

Part of a revolutionary attempt to conserve the remnants of the lions’ Wine Country habitat, the study, led by South African biologist, Quinton Martins involved setting a trap for the mountain lion that had been spotted previously on a wildlife camera. Read the rest of this entry »