California and Florida reach the top of the list for the most watercraft stolen in 2013.

Every year, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) releases reports on the most stolen vehicles and watercraft. It has recently released the statistics for watercraft theft, as well as recoveries, in the U.S. in 2013.

The data collected for the report comes from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It included the types of watercraft stolen and their manufacturers.

In 2013, 5,537 watercrafts were stolen, according to those that were reported. This is a six percent drop from 2012, when there were 5,870 watercraft thefts.

Where Watercrafts are Stolen

Florida and California top the list for the most watercraft stolen in 2013, at 1,310 and 628, respectively. Following them was Texas with 382 thefts, Washington with 208 thefts, and Georgia with 182 thefts. The District of Columbia and Hawaii had zero thefts of watercrafts for the year. Read the rest of this entry »

Pulling events together takes a lot of people working together to make it happen. Unfortunately, that leaves a lot of moveable parts and personnel to keep up with. GPS tracking systems can help you keep up with where your people and equipment are so you know what’s going on at all times. This vital information can be viewed at any time – either remotely from computer, or on-site via Internet accessible tablet devices and smartphones.

Monitor Equipment Location

While not all of the moving parts are vehicular in nature, GPS tracking, when combined with the power of RFID scanning, can help you monitor the location, movement, and placement of the costly equipment that helps you manage your events.

Of course, there is the added benefit of placing GPS tracking devices on valuable equipment to deter theft and facility fast recovery of expensive equipment. You can even set up text alerts that let you know, instantly, if equipment begins to move when it should not be moving. Read the rest of this entry »

Parents gain peace of mind with a GPS tracking device that keeps track of their children while they are in the middle of a busy, crowded place.

Summer vacations, weekends, and evenings out with the family are the perfect opportunity to enjoy adventures with children and spend that all-important quality time together. Unfortunately, many of the fun activities involve being a part of a large crowd where there is the risk of a child wandering off. It is incredibly easy to lose track of a child with crowds that are pushing and moving constantly, and a parent’s worst nightmare if it does occur. Read the rest of this entry »

Shark Week 2014 started Sunday, August 10th on the Discover Channel, so we thought our loyal readers would enjoy a story on GPS tracking and sharks.

Researchers off the Gulf of Mexico are using GPS tracking devices to follow sharks (and other marine life), and to possibly predict future weather events.

Scientists at the University of Miami wanted to figure out a way to examine future weather trends, particularly in terms of hurricanes, as they are the biggest natural disaster issue on the east coast. To do so, they decided to take advantage of modern technology, specifically through the use of global positioning systems (GPS).

A variety of sea creatures have been tagged with GPS trackers near the Gulf of Mexico, including sharks, billfish, tarpon, and tuna. They each have an individual tag that is linked to a satellite dish. This allows the researchers to track the water temperatures and other changes as the sharks and fish swim through the ocean.

There are a total of 750 animals being tracked over the last ten years in the ocean in order to see the water temperature, as well as the salinity of different depths of the ocean. Read the rest of this entry »

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A teddy bear equipped with a GPS tracking device helps track down a Georgia charity donations thief.

A burglar in Athens, Georgia has been detained and charged, after confessing to the crime, thanks to a GPS tracker that was placed inside a pink teddy bear at a local charity donation site.

After clothes were reportedly stolen from a local donation drop-off box in the Georgia Square Mall in Athens, clever charity organizers placed a pink teddy bear trap — in the form of a GPS tracking device.

While Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have been used for navigational properties for civilians and military personnel for decades, applications of the technology is proving to be highly beneficial for tracking criminals. Read the rest of this entry »