The Kakadu’s floodplains are being devastated by wild buffalo and they are destroying native fauna and flora as well. However, a new program where GPS tracking collars are being used is set in place to better understand the feral animals’ movements which will help the World Heritage National Park finally stop them.

In Arnhem Land, neighboring Kakadu National Park, there was a 2014 aerial survey of the wild

buffalo which estimated that across 92,000 square kilometers of country there were about 98,000 buffalo.

According to Charles Darwin University’s PhD student and the project’s main researcher, Stewart Pittard, the buffalo are becoming a huge problem.

Benn Bryant, wildlife veterinarian, was brought in to sedate the buffalo while Pittard secured the collars on their necks. The team comes in by helicopter and chases the herd of buffalo until they are able to shoot a tranquilizer dart into one of them. Once shot, the buffalo will collapse in minutes.

While unconscious, which is a brief time, temperature readings and blood will be taken by the wildlife veterinarian along with measures and records of its respiratory rates and heart. While this is happening, Pittard attaches the collar on the neck of the buffalo as the team above in the helicopter keeps an eye out for other dangerous wild animals. Read the rest of this entry »

For any business that has vehicles in operation on the road, GPS fleet tracking is a valuable tool One of the ways many business owners are constantly surprised to find GPS fleet tracking services to be extremely beneficial for is in the area of building trust with customers. These are just a few examples of how GPS fleet tracking can help you build better trust with your customers.

1) Allows You to Provide Accurate Appointment Windows for Customers

There’s nothing more frustrating for customers to spend four hours waiting for a delivery, repair person, or installation only to discover that they will need to wait even longer. GPS fleet tracking allows you to create a much more accurate window of time for appointments. This means your customers can trust you to be there within the time frame you promised.

2) Shorter Appointment Windows

While you’re at it, you can use the power of GPS fleet tracking to not only create more accurate appointment windows, but also to create shorter ones. GPS fleet tracking makes it possible for your drivers to travel more efficiently. The fact that they are being tracked encourages prompt service and no deviations from the prescribed routes.

This gives you a fairly accurate estimate of how long it should take to get from the next based on GPS data and route information. Build in a little extra time for contingencies and you should be able to make appointments within shorter windows which creates even happier customers who don’t feel tied to their homes all day. Read the rest of this entry »

Could it be true there is a plan in Australia that just might change the way we meet our maker, theoretically?

In a huge Australian cemetery near Dandenong called the Bunurong Memorial Park, ground was broken. It was said that in a year, it is expected to host a different type of burial known as woodland and forest burials. This is where the body of the deceased is covered in a light covering or shroud, without the use of a coffin or headstone for marking the burial spot.

Rather than the traditional type of burial, after nature takes its course, families of the deceased will have the ability to track the body through the use of dime-size GPS tracker, which is protected in a capsule made of plastic and affixed to the burial covering or shroud.

The GPS tracking device stays embedded in the ground as the body and shroud decompose, allowing visitors to use an app on a smartphone or other electronic device to find the burial site. At the time of publication, there was no comment made by the cemetery. Read the rest of this entry »

GPS fleet tracking is an essential part of managing a fleet driving team. Before this type of technology was in place, there were a lot of delays from drivers getting lost, cross-driving which took up valuable time, and the lack of availability of rush deliveries or pick-ups. That has all changed with modern technology. Fleet tracking allows better management of vehicles and drivers, and can greatly improve your response time.

Real-Time Tracking for Fast Deliveries

There may be times when you have a fleet driver that is on the road, and you get a call that an order has been placed near where that driver is located. If they have supplies already on the truck or are picking up items from that customer or client, you can send them instantly to that location. This provides nearly instant response time since you are tracking each truck’s whereabouts and can find the one that is nearest to the desired location.

Less Confusion About Directions

Getting lost used to be part of being a fleet driver, but it is much less of an issue with GPS tracking. The drivers are able to view detailed routes and driving directions right on the device. They have voice-activated features so drivers can listen to the directions and interact with the devices without taking their eyes off the road. They aren’t risking their safety by looking at a map, and the devices provide turn-by-turn directions. If there is a construction site or other detour issue, they can make a turn and the GPS tracking device will re-route the trip for them. Read the rest of this entry »

Special needs transportation services carry precious cargo to important appointments and destinations on any given day. Whether transporting special needs students to school or mobility challenged elderly people for medical appointments or shopping trips, the services you provide are invaluable to the community.

You provide valuable services to people within the community, but GPS fleet tracking allows you to improve the services you offer in many different ways, including those listed below.

Verify Timely Arrival of Passengers at their Destinations

Many special needs patients are transported to and from important medical appointments, school, and other non-emergency reasons. GPS fleet tracking allows parents and loved ones to track their charge to verify that he or she arrived at the appointment, school, or other destination on time.

You may even be able to create email or text message alerts notifying family members of the arrival and/or return home. Read the rest of this entry »