Last june, the Brevard Mosquito Control District in Florida were rocked with a mini-scandal. 15 inspectors were either placed on probation, or fired. Why? GPS tracking devices were placed on the agencies trucks and what managers found out, were quite shocking.
Driving home to take naps, going to unauthorized locations, like shopping centers, and restaurants, etc.
The agency Director, has seen some very positive change from this scandal. First and foremost, there was a immediate correction, as the saying goes, “people will respect, what you inspect”. As a result of their findings we are probably right to say the organization is much more efficient today, than it was a few years back.
On another interesting note, the organization also uses GPS to pinpoint mosquito breeding hotspots, which led the agency to using less chemicals and a drop in man hours.
You can read the full article here.
While a majority of web surfers continue to use Internet Explorer (IE) to browse and surf the web, we want to let you know about other alternate browsers which can be safer and even faster to use for your web surfing activities, and more importantly for using our GPS tracking systems.
IE is the most widely used browser, but it isn’t necessarily the best. If you are using an older version of Internet Explorer, you should at the least – upgrade to the latest version IE9, but you’ll need to have Windows 7 in order to do that.
A Free Alternative To Microsoft Office
11 Apr 2011This may be completely off our normal topic, but some of our customers do not have Microsoft Office installed on their computers. Well this posts will show you a free alternative.
The free alternative: It’s called Open Office – and you can find it at www.OpenOffice.org – here is what OpenOffice says about its software,
“OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose”.
Why would you need Office anyways? Our systems generate reports in excel format (spreadsheet), Microsoft office allows you to view these spreadsheets, most everyone has Microsoft Office, but for those that don’t – it can be expensive. Not only is Open Office free, but it also does a whole bunch of other stuff, like word processing, presentations, graphics, etc. So if you don’t want to buy Microsoft Office, consider Open Office as a free alternative!
So – You’ve just purchased your GPS tracking system – from LiveViewGPS – and you have a question about the user interface. Immediate help is just a click away. Yes, you can still click for live support – but now the interface includes comprehensive videos – describing the entire inteface in great detail.
GPS Tracking Made Easy – Live View GPS…
Engine Idling & GPS Tracking Systems
2 Apr 2011You might ask what’s the big deal with and engine that idles?
If you run a business of any size, and have vehicles on the road you might be interested in the following.
Idling your car or trucks engine, leaving it on while you are not moving, wastes fuel. A general rule of thumb is to consider that for every 1 hour of idling, you are burning through about 1 gallon of gas. You may not think this is a big deal – but a little here and there, or worse yet multiplied across numerous vehicles across a fleet will quickly turn into a lot of gallons of wasted fuel. Read the rest of this entry »
