The Live Trac Platform web enhancements have been pushed out to production.  The new enhancements are below.

Changes have been made to the Map Control, Device Status and Reports functionality.

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October 8, 2013 – Las Vegas Metro Alcatel Lucent LTE Demonstration

We had a great time, and are glad to be a part of the NgConnect program through Alcatel Lucent.  The weather in Las Vegas was nice, the event and demonstrations were top notch.

The newest GPS tracking development allows passengers of Amtrak trains to track their location in real time.

Global positioning systems (GPS) technology is developing and advancing almost constantly. What began as a way to provide navigation information to the military and then civilians is now letting researchers, businesses, consumers and travelers all over the world find out information they need through GPS tracking technology. One of the most recent developments is specifically for travelers of Amtrak trains, which transverse across the United States.

Amtrak travelers are able to look at an interactive train tracking locator map from their own electronic device and find information about their current train. This will include current and upcoming location, the time of arrival and other relevant information. This means travelers who are waiting for their train or wondering when they will reach their destination, will all have the most accurate timetables possible.

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GPS tracking collars meant to protect endangered Bengal tigers are being used against them by cyber poachers.

Protecting Endangered Bengal Tigers through GPS Tracking Collars

Bengal tigers are a rare breed that has been highly targeted by poachers for years. When GPS tracking technology became widely used for analyzing the behavior of animals in the wild, researchers in Madhya Pradesh, India, decided to use this same technology for their beloved and endangered breed of tigers. Bengal tigers are currently classified as an endangered species, which means that they are facing a very high risk of extinction.

The big cats were each outfitted with a GPS tracker that allowed local researchers to keep track of their whereabouts and monitor their daily behavior, in hopes of protecting them from poachers and other environmental conditions that were a danger to them.

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Flight paths are improved with a new plane tracker based upon GPS tracking technology.

Waiting for their turn to land is an ongoing problem for aircraft at large International airports. Planes often circle the air, waiting for their turn to land — wasting both passenger’s time and fuel in the process.

This circling, in part, is caused by inaccurate data of planes before them waiting to land, and the flight paths becoming muddled.

Luckily, researchers have developed a way to expand upon GPS tracking technology with a new system meant to remedy this.

The system is called Required Navigation Performance (RNP) and will provide real time results of airplane flight paths based upon GPS aircraft tracking principles, for better time management than land-based navigational systems currently being used.

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