If you’re considering installing a GPS fleet tracking system across your fleet, you might have a good idea of how such a system operates. You’re probably familiar with GPS navigation products that give you driving directions. But a GPS fleet tracking system works somewhat differently. We’d like to break the components down for you. Read Full Story

Car thieves in Philadelphia will soon be getting more technology than they bargained for. Allstate Insurance is providing a “bait car” to the city’s police department. They’re equipped with GPS fleet tracking devices that can show where any vehicle is in real time, plus video surveillance cameras and remote door locking. Read Full Story

Does your company own large, seldom-moved mobile assets like semitrailers, fuel tanks, tractors, grader or snowplows? Have you been looking for a way to keep track of them other than actually driving to their sites? Perhaps you’ve been considering LoJack to contact you if they’re stolen or “accidentally” moved? Read Full Story

With age comes wisdom. That advice comes too late for two teen burglary suspects in Fort Myers, Florida. The police know they’re the ones responsible for a residential break-in because the wisdom-deficient teens were wearing GPS fleet tracking-style monitors on their legs. Read Full Story

Car thieves in Philadelphia will soon be getting more technology than they bargained for. Allstate Insurance is providing a “bait car” to the city’s police department. They’re equipped with GPS fleet tracking devices that can show where any vehicle is in real time, plus video surveillance cameras and remote door locking. Read Full Story

You know excess engine idling is costing you excess cash that’s blowing out your fleet’s tailpipes. But did you know that excess idling could also cost you big-time fines? Especially if you’re based in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. A school bus firm in Brattleboro, Vermont, found that out the hard way. It just reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to pay $128,000 in fines and invest more than $1 million in environmental projects, all thanks to excess eng... Read Full Story

We’ve blogged before about how GPS fleet tracking-style technology assists municipalities when emergency crews are dispatched or underground utilities need to be found from above. But here’s another innovative use of GPS technology: All 41 miles of trails in Pittsburgh’s North Park have been mapped to GPS coordinates. Many of the trails also have been “blazed” – marked with identifying colors painted on trees – to allow hikers and search teams to find anyone who needs help or gets lost among... Read Full Story

A groundbreaking research project by Ford Motor Company and shows that technology similar to that used in GPS fleet tracking systems can “talk” to cars and could help prevent serious accidents. Researchers found the potential for a GPS fleet tracking satellite to act as an early-warning system that detects when a vehicle is about to lose control. It then communicates with the vehicle’s stability-control systems and other safety features to prevent a rollover or other seriou... Read Full Story

We’ve blogged lots of times about how GPS fleet tracking technology is used to follow the habits of all kinds of creatures, from vultures to wolves to sharks to elephants. Attaching GPS devices to these wild things isn’t easy, but it can be done. Read Full Story

A groundbreaking research project by Ford Motor Company and Auburn University shows that technology similar to that used in GPS fleet tracking systems can “talk” to cars and could help prevent serious accidents. Researchers found the potential for a GPS fleet tracking satellite to act as an early-warning system that detects when a vehicle is about to lose control. It then communicates with the vehicle’s stability-control systems and other safety features to prevent a rollov... Read Full Story