Telematics

Home GPS Vehicle Tracking Schedule On-site Eval Need copies of DVDs or CDs 20 01 2009 automotive-fleet.com - Effective Jan. 1, texting while driving is banned in the State of California. Though some see this a blow to the mobile industry, is should be a rally cry. Hands-Free manufactures must be rejoiceing with “it’s about time”, yet our public officials (Law Enforcement) still wonder, how do we enforce it. Either way, Telematics will lead the way in Safety Issues facing the Auto Industry. By replacing the terminology of “tracking” with “safety” we can move forward developing a new era. But that is getting a ... Read Full Story

Home GPS Vehicle Tracking Schedule On-site Eval Need copies of DVDs or CDs 13 01 2009 With the new year (2009) many look forward to starting with a fresh approach to sometimes old ideas. An Marketing is no exception. This week with the return of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) to Las Vegas, a new (to some) area is In-Vehicle Navigation/Telematics/ITS. It’s a start, GPS Vehicle Tracking, the next step up from directional mapping, has an up-hill battle on it’s hands. As mentioned before, Driver reaction is #1 deterrent business owner’s face when deploying this technology. Most technology installs follow a path either up the ... Read Full Story

Achieving this required not only some significant coding on our behalf but a new release of Google Maps to cater for our volume. Prior to partnering with Fleetmatics, Google’s daily customer limit was 100,000 vehicle positions. To work with us they had to raise it to 13 million. Read Full Story

Welcome! My name is Jason and I've been paying a lot of attention to the telematics industry for the last few years. I love what GPS and wireless data--when combined--can do in particular and all of the possibilities that are possible..  Currently I am developing some new technologies for the company I work for, and I should have my very own patent application or two in the area within a few months. I thought I would start this portal so that I might offer what ever insight I can offer. Obviously, once I have patents pending (and given my company is okay with me ... Read Full Story

In recent months we have seen a growing concern among bloggers tapping into the “fear” factor of what Telematics is. Considering the bulk of these postings focus on the Conservative approach or lose of “Privacy” this approach could not be further from the truth. Telematics is a business solution that allows companies the opportunity too get the most out there fleet and drivers. Today’s economic climate pushes the limits of where companies can find dollars and in this case control “Lost dollars”. Recent national exposer of a traveling tax, [basically taxing you on the amount you travel] maybe a bit ex-stream. It only brings ... Read Full Story