This video covers how a store owner used a DeWalt asset GPS tracking device to catch a thief who kept coming back to his store. The thief apparently gained entrance by knocking out a window and then would steal high cost tools from the store.
Not about to let this continue, the owner installed a GPS tracking device in some of the products commonly stolen. Sure enough, at 3 AM one morning his monitoring device sent him a text message that his device was on the move – apparently a break-in occurred. Armed with the position of his equipment, the store owner tracked down the criminal to an apartment complex and took descriptions of 40+ vehicles to give to the authorities.
The next time the equipment was on the move the store owner was notified and he used the GPS tracking device to tell the police where the criminal and his equipment were – information that the police used to recover his stolen equipment.
Thieves beware! GPS tracking devices may be tracking your hot items!
This is another news story covering the use of GPS, but this time it is in the context of tracking teens. It claims that is GPS tracking devices can pinpoint anyone in the world at anytime – but that statement just isn’t true. GPS receivers need to be receiving a signal from a GPS satellite before it can even begin to get a fix on its location and sometimes requires 3 satellites to get a strong signal. Manufacturers are working hard at solving some of these limitations (by incorporating other data not received from satellites such as cell phone towers – this called A-GPS).
Other than that on bit of sensationalist news reporting, the video makes a claim that some devices are so good that a person can zoom in on your mapping application use by the GPS tracking software and tell which lane the driver of the vehicle is in – now that is precise! The interface for the company featured is internet based so you don’t have to download any software.
It also shows some of the interesting interplay between parents and teens over the whole “privacy” issue. Should teens be tracked by parents? Is it within their rights to know where their child is located? It even goes into some of the business issues around GPS fleet tracking as well.
The monthly service fee for the device featured is $30 and the initial price for the tracking unit is around $430 at the time of the taping.
This video covers an investigation where a GPS device was used to help pinpoint the location of a criminal at the time of a murder, putting him at the scene of the crime. According to the video, the device used is accurate to within 3 meters. It also allows you to view route history, see [...]
