While you may be concerned that there will be initial resistance within the ranks over your desire to implement GPS fleet tracking for your company vehicles, explaining the plan the right way can make a world of difference about how the new change is received by your staff. Keep these tips in mind to help you have the successful implementation of GPS tracking in your business vehicles.

Offer Full Disclosure

If you don’t act like you need to hide anything, people will accept it for what it is. In other words, don’t act like you’re doing something underhanded or wrong or your staff will begin to wonder what it is you’re not telling them.

Instead, explain the many benefits GPS tracking offers your business. Then spring the next tip on them and watch how quickly you overcome objections. Read the rest of this entry »

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Individuals with dementia may soon have early diagnosis, thanks to advanced GPS tracking technology.

Global positioning systems (GPS) are used in the modern day for much more than maps and driving directions. They are frequently used by researchers to determine how to protect endangered animals, capture poachers, and help track down criminals.

This technology is also being used by researchers at the University of Waterloo, Canada who are studying dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at Waterloo have created a smartphone app that will use the GPS tracking technology already placed inside the phone that can look at the link between dementia and how well the person moves on a daily basis.

It is based on the life space of a person, which is the area they travel each day. The tracking technology is able to look at how comfortable they are in their current environment, and see when things begin to change. Read the rest of this entry »

Alabama hunters have been instructed not to hunt white-tailed deer with orange collars. There are two types of collars on white-tailed deer this year. One is brown and the other is orange. Hunters may shoot those with brown collars.

Why the restriction? The 30 deer with orange collars are gathering GPS tracking data as part of a study being conducted by Auburn University. There are 60 deer wearing brown collars that are equipped with VHF radio transmitters. These collars represent two different studies.

The brown collars are part of a study tracking mortality rates in the deer population from natural causes and humans (cars, hunting, etc.). Organizers want hunters who encounter deer with brown collars to shoot the deer if they would normally do so and to pass the deer up if that would be their normal course of action for that particular deer.

The orange collars, though, are part of a different study investigating the movement patterns of the deer. They are also investigating how hunting pressure forces deer to change their natural movement patterns. Read the rest of this entry »