Geofencing is defined as the virtual boundary on a geographic area put under surveillance using appropriate tags and linking it with global positioning system.
Whenever an object enters or exits that boundary, an event is said to have occurred, the...
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There is a move to prototype a service which utilizes satellite imagery to map forests for complying the Kyoto Protocol of Global Climatic change. The good part is its endorsement by the European Community.
The Kyoto-Inventory project is now finished but...
The Navman ICN 650 is wonderful easily operable In-Car GPS Navigation tool. The most attractive feature of this is that it has preloaded maps of the USA and Canada with additional functionality of maps of Western Europe that are installed on its 2GB ...
The market is experimenting with smart vehicles which will use GPS to warn the driver of the upcoming vehicle, big pot holes on the road ahead and also avoid collision. This is in response to the promise of the intelligent transportation.
The GM is...
A new technology is being developed that will use GPS to tell the driver of the available slots for the parking using cellphone. This is expected to notify it relative to the position of the vehicle. Using this technology the driver won't have to waste...
The rescue authorities in US are working on a proposal to bring in global positioning systems which can provide the location of the accident sites .Whenever an accident happens and the victim makes a call to the rescue team they are unable to determine...
A new GPS enabled device called 'CaddyAid' has been introduced for the game of GOLF.
It happens to be a hand held device that view holes and calculate the distance between the flag and ball.
It provides the golfer with an aerial preview of the hall...
The GPS functionality has been brought in the New York Taxis system which will give it a boost.
The global positioning system is expected to keep tab of ever pick and drop. This hopes to ease the drivers of trip sheets that exist now. This also be...
South Africa's national Department of Transports is working out on a proposal for the use of smart card that will be linked to Global Positioning system. This will be utilized in Electronic fare collection system.
For customers this happens to be a very...
A new Global Positioning System using Internet Vehicle Tracking technology uses existing waves of cellular network coupled with GPS systems to keep track of the vehicles.
This will prove to be a great boon to the vehicle owners as they can track the...
Firefly Inc has brought a new simple mobile set' Firefly 'for children. Traditional phones happen to be too complicated for children as they have more number of buttons.
This phone has five buttons namely mother, father, call sending, call ending and...
The US based company Petfinder LLC has brought a GPS application product,'Petfinder' to track the domestic pet. It is basically a five ounce gadget than can be attached to pet's collar. Parameters can be said in it from PC. In case of the pet going...
Ever since GPS technology made in roads in late 70's the ramifications of it are endless. Daily some new applications are being made. A US based company called Smart Agent has come out with a technology that makes it possible to assess the real...
The nature brings a lot of natural disasters in which many are killed, lost etc. The most important task happens to be that of locating the survivors. In the recent catastrophe Katrina in which there was a great damage.
In Mississippi, the GPS...
The GPS technology which was introduced for military applications way back is now being extended to other areas. The things are happening to become very specialized. The Garmin has brought a device for marine applications. The GPSMap 178C Sounder. There...
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