Archive for March 24th, 2010
« Previous EntriesTheft victim uses GPS to foil thieves (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010A Tampa businessman’s plan to fight crime with technology worked. Thieves stole all of Scott Williamson’s commercial landscaping equipment before dawn this morning, but thanks to GPS, he was able to tell officers exactly where his equipment was heading.
NYC’s Depressingly Congested Traffic, Mapped by Taxicab GPS [GPS] (Gizmodo)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010# gps Why I take the subway: This is what NYC traffic congestion looks like, charted by the GPS units built into cabs. The real surprise is that average travel speeds remain a crushingly slow 7MPH, even when everybody’s at work. [ NYT More »
nRange Golf GPS Finishes Mapping All Hawaii Golf Courses (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010nRange Golf GPS reaches milestone on mission to delight golfers living and traveling to Hawaii by providing a convenient and low priced rangefinder app for smartphones.
Panasonic to Offer Gobi2000 Wireless and GPS on Touchbook Computers (PDA Buyer’s Guide)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Today, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company announced it will deploy Qualcomm’s Gobi2000 across its line of Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers. Gobi2000-enabled Toughbook computers will take advantage of integrated GPS, increased global connectivity options, and faster data-transfer rates. Panasonic will deploy …
Lafayette Now Tracking Sex Offenders Through GPS (KATC 3 Lafayette)
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010From the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office: The LPSO Home Monitoring Program is now the GPS Offender Tracking Program, with our new GPS tracking equipment now fully implemented the new name is more representative of the programs current offender client tracking capabilities. Advanced GPS technology utilized by the ankle bracelets worn by our offender clients, allows the LPSO to track offender …