Some businesses are reluctant to incorporate fleet tracking management tools into their businesses out of fear that doing so will alienate their best drivers. What they fail to realize is that by making the switch to GPS fleet tracking and fleet tracking management tools, they’re able to make working conditions, and pay, better all around.

This helps to not only keep talented drivers happy and content with the working conditions, but also to attract talented drivers to their organizations. Here are a few specific benefits that can help to attract and retain the best drivers through GPS fleet tracking. Read the rest of this entry »

As the state of Florida may expect a very active year for fires, the Florida Forest Service is protecting its firefighters with GPS tracking devices so supervisors can track their location and keep them safe.

It is no secret that firefighters are exposed to a wealth of dangers. This time, though, firefighters are getting a little help of their own. GPS tracking technology is coming to firefighters rescue.

Using GPS for local firefighters was a decision made after previous fatalities occurred among firefighters in Florida and Arizona. In Arizona, 19 firefighters lost their life after a blaze in the wilderness during the summer, while two rangers died in North Florida when attempting to put out a forest fire in 2011.

Part of the problem in these cases was lack of proper tracking and communication between the firefighters and their supervisors. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »