GPS Tech Review

 Tragedies happen to others… until they hit home. Ask yourself; where would you go, what would you do, who would you call… all questions that you might be able to answer today, but possibly not if you were trapped beneath rubble that separated you from your family as has happened to so many in Haiti.

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In a world exploding with technology, Haiti remains a technologically and financially impoverished agri-society despite our aid. Hopefully this tragedy will bring economic development to the country, but sadly too late for those that lived in hillside shanties existing from hand to mouth.

Americans have donated more than $8 million for Haiti relief via TXT message. The online donation system enables a $10 donation by texting HAITI to 90999. If you can, give.

APP Store, GPS Tracking, Location Based Services January 15th, 2010

ScanLife, an App widely available online as a free download, turns a mobile phone into a bar-code reader to capture the quick-response (QR) codes printed in advertisements. Versions exist for the iPhone and BlackBerry as well as Android-based handsets in the United States. ScanLife can read many standard bar codes on a variety of phones, so it can also perform price comparisons.

The way it works is simple — Readers scan the code into an Internet-enabled phone, and the QR bar code will take them to a mobile menu providing information about the item, including where to buy it and a coupon to incentivize a sale.

 A recent story in the NYT suggests that it may take time for scanning to take hold, but no one foresaw the impact of the App Store either.

 Consumers will learn – sooner than later – that their GPS enabling Apps like GPS Tracking– will allow them to not only locate a retailer, but share the location and valuable information like coupons with their network..

APP Store, GPS Tracking January 11th, 2010

Ever try to send an annotated Google map embedded in an e-mail message to 83 co-workers from your mobile phone contact list in a second? How about showing the location and telling your BFF about a new shop that opened with a half off sale and they have her size? Imagine being able to tell someone that your car broke down, you’re going to be late and not to worry the tow service is on its way, while you are on a conference call.

 Securely sharing the location of friends, family and co-workers has just been taken to whole new level with the GPS Tracker and GPS Tracker Lite mobile Apps from GTX Corp for the iPhone and Android platform.

 To have “game” you need to know right now, this app is the real time “where” answer.

APP Store, GPS Tracking January 11th, 2010

Does one’s right to privacy carry a greater weight than one’s right to life?

A recent Canadian news article raises the issue of demented patients rights to privacy over thier right to life owing to the incursion of GPS Tracking technology affording care givers knowleged of thier location should they wander.

GPS for Alzheimer’s patients?

Wed Dec. 23 2009 5:17:49 PM  ctvmontreal.ca

Montreal police are conducting a feasibility study into the costs and benefits of providing GPS tracking bracelets to Alzheimer’s patients to prevent them from becoming lost.

The study comes less than two weeks after Maria del Carmen Serrano, 73, was found dead near the Hippodrome de Montreal former race track after she wandered off from her Park Extension home days earlier. Her son, Jesus Serrano, is convinced his mother would still be alive today if she’d had a GPS tracking bracelet. He tried to order one for her a year ago, after she disappeared the first of three times.

“They told me, ‘No, in Canada you cannot use that system.’ But if it is in Canada, I would love to have had that because with that, I could find my mom in five minutes,” he said.

Montreal police expect the results of the study in the new year. If the study recommends bracelets, extensive discussions will follow on which at-risk individuals should be provided the devices, as well as whether the tracking tools would be government funded.

Lorraine Sauve, director of the Alzheimer’s Society Suroit, said aside from the GPS tracker, there are strategies for families to improve the safety of those who live with the illness.

“I think it’s a good idea, with a bit of reservation. I like the GPS system, (but) I would like it to not replace the love and care of a caregiver, or the supervision of a caregiver,” said Sauve.

At the Griffith-McConnell residence in Cote St. Luc, the most serious Alzheimer’s patients live in locked wards and have bracelets that trigger locks on doors if those at risk of wandering get too close to them. Officials there say they have reservations about the GPS device.

“My hesitation about the GPS is really around privacy rights. Every individual has the right to privacy and having somebody know where you are at any given moment really destroys that right,” said Annette Rudy at the Griffith-McConnell residence.

Still Jesus Serrano said the GPS is the best way to keep those afflicted with the disease safe.

“One hundred per cent they should have that, because I don’t want anybody to have this happen, what happened to me,” he said.

GPS Shoe, GPS Tracking, Location Based Services December 26th, 2009

 –(www.USEquityNews.com)– 03/12/2009 – If the above headline sounds a bit spooky, be prepared for things to get a lot spookier in the coming years – but also a lot more useful, valuable and fun. That’s because electronic technology has once again taken a turn that could, like the cell phone, affect much of your waking life, either directly or indirectly.

What we’re talking about is the technology, now available to anybody, to track (and record) the location and travels of just about anyone, including, in some cases, people who don’t even know they’re being tracked. This particular branch of the rapidly growing GPS/cellular tree usually goes by the innocent sounding name of Personal Location Services (PLS).

The PLS market may be relatively young, but it is trending strongly upward, and is now expected to be an $8 billion market by 2011. There are a number of companies that claim at least some portion of the market, though with different approaches and varying degrees of success.

GTX Corporation (OTCBB: GTXO) claims to be the preeminent leader in Personal Location Services. Their strength in the industry is based on the fact that, unlike many others, they offer embedded, customizable technology. By extreme miniaturization of GPS tracking and cellular location transmitting technology, their platforms can be integrated into almost any retail product, such as footwear and other wearables. Thus their market extends far beyond that of a single product line to embrace almost every potential application of the technology. Deployments currently in progress include exercise monitoring, law enforcement, maritime applications, pet tracking, cellular handsets, automotive/commercial/payload tracking, and a number of others.

There are also several other companies active in the field, though they tend to limit themselves to their own individual line of consumer retail location products.

• Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is best known for their navigation products that sell worldwide, but they also have a tracking solution. Aimed towards pinpointing a dog’s position, the product kit includes a handheld GPS device and all-weather collar.

• Trimble Navigation Ltd. (NASDAQ: TRMB) offers a GPS vehicle tracking solution to help businesses more effectively manage mobile workers while increasing productivity, reducing operational costs and safeguarding drivers and vehicles.

• Location Based Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: LBAS) is a development stage technology company focused on their PocketFinder(R) and PetFinder(R) line of products for tracking people, pets, and luggage.

• GPS Industries Inc. (OTCBB: GPSN) provides GPS and Wi-Fi software and hardware for applications in golf course operations and residential community development. The company’s Inforemer-HDX(R) product vividly depicts each hole and provides precise distance measurement, among other features, utilizing GPS technology.

But, when it comes to Personal Location Services, the question becomes where will it end? There’s no easy-to-see boundary. If it helps you to find lost luggage, to keep an eye on your children, to locate a wayward pet, it sounds good. You may have even discovered all the gaming possibilities. But, as units become smaller, privacy issues become bigger, and must inevitably be addressed. The success of companies like GTX can be viewed as a good thing, but, as we’ve seen before, every new technology has a price.

Source: U.S. Equity News (March 12, 2009 – 10:00 AM EDT)

Location Based Services December 12th, 2009

 Directional GPS has saved the lives of thousands by guiding emergency services to the precise location of people and pets in need of immediate medical attention. Getting there quickly however, may just be the first of many life and death decisions.

Daily, frontline medical and paramedical staff are asked to manage 911 emergency calls for unresponsive patients that cannot make their medical history available to those first on scene – a child in shock from eating peanuts, a self employed diabetic contractor fallen from a ladder or an Alzheimer’s victim found wandering in traffic. In fact, one in every four Americans has a chronic condition requiring special treatment or attention.

For the 13 million seeking treatment from emergency services getting the correct clinical assessment can be a life or death challenge – if the initial clinical diagnosis is compromised owing to a lack of accurate personal information, the treatment may be misdirected raising the risk of adverse reactions.

GTX Corp, a developer of personal location GPS devices and services is offering a secure web accessible digital ID tag through its missing people finder CodeAmber.com subsidiary. The Code Amber Alertag provides on the scene access to the essential information first responders must have to make informed treatment assessments. Question, when you go out for a jog, do you carry ID with you…does your child carry ID when riding a bike… when grandma is in the garden is she carrying any ID? Who should be called if you were unable to speak…

Location Based Services December 1st, 2009

According to a new report from ABI Research, Location Aware Services revenues are forecast to reach an annual global total of $13.3 billion by 2013, up from an estimated $515 million during 2007.

Domestic “location-based mobile social networking revenues will reach $3.3 billion by 2013,” says ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte – personal navigation: friend-finder, local information searches, family tracker applications, and enterprise applications (including workforce tracking and fleet management), will achieve significant shares of those revenues in the Location Aware Services category – read more about:: seven important aspects of Location Aware Applications

 Adequate funding for development and deployment of bi-directional GPS solutions is key to realizing the sales potential of people finding technology. GTXCorp, a leader in personal location services has secured a $10,000,000 credit line from Dutchess to meet is projections through 2012.

Location Based Services November 19th, 2009

Mobile telephony has been by far the most dynamic telecom sector in Latin America. In early 2009, there were about 5 million 3G subscribers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. GTXCorp, a leading developer of Personal Location Services has expanded it relationships in the area to take advantage of pent up demand for location aware mobile applications. Prepaid services stimulated subscription increases by making mobile phones available to millions of low-income users, once excluded by monthly payments and credit checks. Mobile penetration has reached about 80%, well above the world average, which was about 58% in early 2009. Several countries, including Argentina, Jamaica, Uruguay, and Venezuela have passed the 100% penetration threshold. The enormous popularity of peer-to-peer and personalized SMS, personalized push-based content by subscriber location information will be a key driver towards mass adoption of PLS applications. Demand for child tracking, caregivers of dementia victims, friend finder, mobile blogging, location-based games, mobile matchmaking, and location-enabled 411 directory assistance lead the applications offered. Analysts from Frost & Sullivan stated that the mobile LBS market covering 13 Asia-Pac countries earned revenues of US$383.6 million in 2007. F&S expects this market to reach US$2.8 billion by end-2013, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 39.3 percent (2007-2013). One should not minimize the impact of the iTunes App store created to service the Apple iPhone. The universality of the platform and the ease of download and payments have made the App Store a marketing phenomenon. Certainly, a market driver of PLS everywhere.

Location Based Services November 9th, 2009

Personal Location Services assist mobile subscribers locate friends and business locations, track assets, participate in social networks and offer the means for care givers to monitor Alzheimer’s victims.

There are numerous obstacles to be overcome by personal location services developers. Learning that consumers may not value the utility of a GPS PLS App on their mobile phone until they experience the benefits, people tracking publishers like www.locimobile.com are making FREE versions of paid Apps available at the iPhone Store. Of the 2 billion mobile Apps downloaded,13 million were for PLS Apps during Q2.

 To date PLS services have only penetrated 5% of the handset market – while games, ringtones and SMS have penetrated about 13% of that market. PLS costs more than 2X other mobile applications. PLS applications typically cost $9 per month per mobile user, but other geo-specific Apps including pictures, sports information and weather applications cost but $5 per subscriber.

As more comsumers begin to value GPS/PLS services, it is expected that the costs of providing the services will be underwritten in whole or part by advertisers that will leverage the technology to offer messages proximate to the subscriber’s location.

Location Based Services October 31st, 2009

As GTXCorp launches Version1.3 of its GPS tracking iLOCi2, smart phone app, we become increasingly aware of the growing size of our respective personal networks and the need to know their location in addition to their proximity to each other contact in real time. This version of the app doubles the number of contacts that can be LOCi’d from eight to sixteen with the next release expected to be unlimited.

Early proof of this growing need to know where – is evidenced by the recent launches of Crowd Sourcing intelligent networking platforms; Jigsaw, Spigit, Crowdcast, Jive and Bright Idea that are based on the input of a group’s intelligence, their multiple personal locations and the ability to extrapolate ideas and actions with the aid of unique algorithms.

Crowd Sourcing in its most mundane application is presently used to describe traffic jams by anonymously stripping location data from multiple cell phones carried by drivers on highways. In its more intelligent applications, contacts are linked by their intellectual contributions and knowledge bases. When these apps achieve a level of ubiquity… the iPhone and iPod touch are available in 77 countries… the iLOCi2 app is available in 52 countries… the potential for collaborative intelligence should produce amazing results.

3G Smart Phones, APP Store, Global Positioning Systems, Location Based Services, Mobile Phones October 16th, 2009