A budding scientist at Wofford College in South Carolina is using GPS tracking technology to keep tabs on rattlesnakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Alex Bentley, a graduate of Salem High School and an aspiring herpetologist, spends much of his time scouring the mountains of Southwest Virginia for snakes. His love for snakes began when he was just 5-years-old when he first encountered a garter snake. Years later, Bentley is now determined to contribute something to his chosen field of study.

Bentley spent months researching and planning, and he just began his fist leg of a study on timber rattlesnakes, which utilizes GPS tracking technology, known as radio telemetry, to track the snakes. His goal is to use the technology to track the migration and mating patterns of the species during spans of time when human beings are not present in the natural habitat of the snakes. Read the rest of this entry »

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The United States has seen rapid growth in precision agriculture or information-based production technologies, according to an online publication from Economic Research Service (E.R.S.) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture called Amber Waves.
Farmers are able to monitor management decisions of farm-production and potential cost savings with these advanced technologies.

There are 4 types of agriculture technologies commonly used which include: soil mapping, yield mapping, variable rate technologies (V.R.T.) and auto-guidance machinery steering. Read the rest of this entry »

GPS Tracking for Quads

New quad owners often fail to realize that quads and quad bikes are tempting targets for thieves. Unfortunately, once stolen, few quads have historically been returned to their owners. New technology is changing things for quad owners by making quad asset tracking a real-time reality.

Why are Quads Attractive to Thieves? Read the rest of this entry »

Standard GPS Tracker Wiring

A standard hardwired gps tracker typically requires just three wires to work; constant power, ground, and ignition.

Inputs & Outputs Purpose

Most hardwired vehicle gps trackers, are also equipped with input and output connection wires.  This article will help you to understand what these wires mean, and how they are typically used in real world gps tracking applications. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s no denying that GPS fleet tracking offers your business a wealth of benefits – improved safety, improved efficiency, and increased savings, to name a few. However, you may be putting off installing GPS tracking in your company vehicles because of certain fears. The fears that you may have are likely based on misconceptions that people have about these devices for business use. Don’t let those myths prevent you from reaping the benefits that this technology offers.

Here’s a look at 6 debunked myths regarding GPS tracking for business: Read the rest of this entry »