GPS tracking is beneficial in many industries. Some of which, don’t yet realize how beneficial GPS tracking has the potential to be. Landscaping is one of the industries in which GPS can literally change the way businesses operate.

In addition to the money-saving benefits you’ll experience when using GPS tracking software, there are routing and staffing issues you may discover as well. Whether your business focuses strictly on lawn services or you offer other landscaping services, you’re sure to enjoy these GPS tracking benefits.

Improve Employee Accountability

It’s a common problem, unfortunately, in the landscaping businesses for employees to kill a little time in between jobs, arrive late to jobs, and take longer than necessary breaks once jobs are complete. GPS fleet tracking helps keep your employees accountable for the hours they work and the wages they earn by reporting accurately where the fleet vehicles are at any given time. You can even trace the route the vehicles took to see if there were any detours or excessive idle times between jobs. Read the rest of this entry »

By 2020, airlines will be using satellite-based GPS tracking technology — the same technology behind LiveViewGPS tracking devices — to avoid missing planes and worried flyers.

Following the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 flight incident, the Federal Aviation Administration is feeling the pressure to push for a faster reveal of its new GPS tracking systems. These systems will allow the agency to track and monitor planes with satellite-based tracking, as opposed to the ground-based tracking and radars that are currently used for all major airlines.

The Federal Aviation Administration has the goal of using GPS tracking for all airplanes by 2020. The new system will be called Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). Read the rest of this entry »

GPS tracking technology combines with the number one social media site to provide a brand new friend tracking app.

The Facebook app in question will be called Nearby Friends, and uses the person’s mobile phone’s GPS tracker in order to find out where their nearby friends are. Right now, the only way to find out this information is if they check in at a nearby location, but the technology is making a big step forward. No new device is needed, since the technology is in the form of an app.

Most people are familiar with everything global positioning systems (GPS) can accomplish. From navigation and getting up-to-date driving directions, to monitoring activity and behavior, and tracking vehicles, the technology has come a long way over recent years. Now, Facebook is going to use it for their newest application update.

Facebook has already reported some of its features, including being able to receive updates on certain friends and checking in with the app if they want to find a ride, or meet someone nearby. Read the rest of this entry »

The California Department of Motor Vehicles goes digital after signing a GPS tracking license plate bill.

The bill in question is theSenate Bill 806, which proposes using GPS tracking and modern technology for improving the speed and processes of registration renewal. Since the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in California renews about 10 million vehicle registrations each year, it is hoping to speed up the process, shorten lines in local DMV offices, and make it a more convenient process for everyone involved.

This bill involves an electronic license plate pilot program using global positioning systems (GPS) technology. GPS has been aiding various industries all over the world, from mapping and navigation benefits to tracking behaviors in wild animals and domestic pets. Now, the DMV wants to try it out with this new pilot program. After signing the bill, the pilot program will need to be established by the beginning of 2017.

Instead of having a static metal license plate adorned with registration stickers, the license plate would wirelessly display messages concerning the vehicle’s registration status, such as “expired”, “current”, or “stolen”. Read the rest of this entry »

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