GPS Location Sharing - Share Your Current Location in an Emergency
Most of the smartphones today are being shipped with a feature called
Location Services. Like the name suggests smartphone users can now
share their current location with anyone they wish to. Previously looked
upon as a privacy killer, Location Sharing has within 2 years become a
must have feature for smartphone users.
Location Sharing has a lot of uses and one of its best usages is in an emergency situation.
There are many emergency situations that may occur where you need assistance.
There
are a wide range of emergency and semi emergency situations. Some of
them might be medical situations where you have high fever, an asthma
attack or severe chest pain and you feel immobilized - you just need
someone to come get you immediately and provide or arrange for
assistance.
Other situations may not be so grave but you might get
lost in a new city and the friend you are trying to visit might need to
come get you from where you are.
In almost every such situation
the most crucial piece of information is your current location. You will
invariable try to call someone and let them know where you are - I am
at home, come get me. I am lost, I do not know where I am, I can see
Starbucks coffee and a Shell gas station.
4 GPS Tracking Applications for Consumers
GPS Tracking is now a very common due to the fact that, thanks to
mass production, it is becoming more and more affordable. This also
means that it is becoming available across a wide range of applications
that are not only available to businesses and the military, but also
consumers.
GPS Tracking devices work by transmitting co-ordinates
to a network of satellites that orbit the earth. The information is then
relayed back to a central computer / service provider who makes that
information available to their customers and clients. The information
can be overlayed onto a mapping application, such as Google Maps, which
gives customers and easy to understand, graphical representation of
where the device was at its last point of transmission. As the devices
transmit their position on a regular basis its possible to get a near
real time position of the device, along with any asset or person that
the device is currently attached to.
There are a number of
different things that GPS Tracking devices can be fixed to - the list is
non exhaustive! It is particularly useful for items and assets of high
net value especially if they are capable of moving easily.
Here is a list of four items that consumers could (or maybe should) consider GPS Tracking devices for:
How Mobile Tracking Devices Can Help Trace Stolen Bikes
These days bike theft is a multi-million pound crime industry,
with thieves stealing a cycle, on average, every five minutes and only
5% ever being recovered. Now bike owners can fight back by installing a
mobile tracking device that tells owners when their cycle is being
stolen and where it is heading.
The problem with bike theft is the ease with which bikes are often stolen and the fact that most don't have any particular identifying features on them. Who knows where your bike has gone after a quick coat of paint from a hardware store, a few bright stickers. Until now that is.
One of the latest security tracking devices is disguised as a rear light that actually works. It contains a tracking device, battery and SIM card. The tracking device, once switched on, automatically sends you a text message to tell you that your bike has been stolen and you are then able to track it using a simple GPS map program from the internet, such as Google Earth.
The problem with bike theft is the ease with which bikes are often stolen and the fact that most don't have any particular identifying features on them. Who knows where your bike has gone after a quick coat of paint from a hardware store, a few bright stickers. Until now that is.
One of the latest security tracking devices is disguised as a rear light that actually works. It contains a tracking device, battery and SIM card. The tracking device, once switched on, automatically sends you a text message to tell you that your bike has been stolen and you are then able to track it using a simple GPS map program from the internet, such as Google Earth.
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