GPS Tracking

Patient is Reported Missing in Nova Scotia and Could Pose a Threat to Herself and the Public

Amy Ogilvie, a patient at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada), went missing on Friday night after having been out on a pass. She was scheduled to return to the hospital on Friday evening, but did not show up, and doctors are concerned that Ogilvie may pose a threat to herself and others while away from treatment.

The hospital, however, did not notify the public until 72 hours after she was discovered missing. According to hospital director Dr. Scott Theriault, “The hospital protocol is that we notify the public after 72 hours. That is a balance we strike because on the one hand, most of the patients return long before that period of time.”

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“Gift Wrapping” Your Car

All of us have done this before: we make a quick pit stop at the gas station or a road-side convenience store, or to drop something off while leaving our car engines running. We tell ourselves, “It’ll just take a few seconds, so no need to go through the hassle of turn the car off…” And so we quickly bolt out of our cars with the keys in the ignition, engine running and doors unlocked to quickly take care of whatever it is that we need to, thinking that our cars are safe and that no one will take our cars.

But then we come back only to find that our cars gone. In what seemed to be just a matter of seconds, someone has stolen our cars. And although the truth of the matter is that a terrible crime has been committed, the reality is, we “gift-wrapped” our cars when we chose to leave it unattended with the engine running and the doors unlocked.

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Balloons Equipped with GPS Tracking Devices Looking to Provide Some “Good News”

Recently, North Korea has been receiving a lot of attention here in the United States due to their aggressive stance on developing and testing nuclear weapons. The country’s long-standing and iconic dictator, Kim Jong-il has been known to threaten South Korean and the US on numerous occasions with long-range nuclear missiles. And in doing so, he placed the North in an extremely hostile position against the rest of the world.

And now with the passing of Kim Jong-il in December of 2011 and the recent succession of his son, Kim Jong-un, many thought that this would be an opportunity to bring about some political resolution and peace between North Korea and the rest of the world. However, with the events that have occurred during the past couple of months, it looks like Kim Jong-un has adopted his father’s political philosophy and ideology.

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Solid Signal Takes the SilverCloud Out for a Test-Drive

Solid Signal is an online retailer that specializes in providing high-quality, name-brand, digital audio and video equipment, as well as relevant and informative product research and guidance to professional media installers and tech-savvy consumers. Essentially, Solid Signal does the hard work of researching and testing out various consumer products to help customers determine which ones work best for them. They also provide sound advice on what equipment is needed for optimum audio and video performance.

Recently, Stuart Sweet from Solid Signal tested one of LandAirSea’s SilverCloud real-time GPS tracking systems, and wrote a 4-part series describing the various features offered by the SilverCloud system and to help consumers an in-depth look at what it has to offer. And after taking the device out for a test-drive by attaching it to a friend’s car, here are some of the things he had to say about the SilverCloud GPS tracking system:

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An Unfortunate Turn of Events for CJR at Kingsport

Unlike the scene at most short tracks on the UARA-STARS circuit, numerous cautions did not surface at Kingsport Speedway on Friday night during the 150-lap main event. Mooresville, North Carolina native Cory Joyce utilized his short track racing experience and cleanly raced his way into the top-10 with the checkered flag in sight.

Though the majority of the evening wasn’t filled with cautions, a tangle between teammates in turn three with less than 10 laps to go left a blocked race track and produced damage to the front of the No. 20 LandAirSea Chevy Impala. The result was a broken radiator and a 16th place finish for Joyce.

Rolling off 11th, Joyce slid back at the beginning of the night and clicked off laps in a comfortable position, hoping to avoid traffic and trouble. Long green flag runs helped Joyce pick his way through the traffic to get back towards the front and he soon found himself back within striking distance inside the top-10.

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Back to Short Track at Kingsport

Returning to UARA-STARS competition this weekend at Kingsport Speedway in Kingsport, Tennessee, rookie contender Cory Joyce is looking for redemption after a bout of bad luck in the first three races of the season. Generating solid runs in all of the events thus far this season, unfortunate circumstances have hindered the 20-year-old from posting a finish that reflected his performance. The Cory Joyce Racing team hopes that the fresh venue on the recently re-opened Kingsport Speedway is just the place to turn the season around.

“We really don’t have the finishes to show for how hard we’ve worked and the fast car we’ve had,” Joyce said. “Anything can happen on a short track like Kingsport, but hopefully we can qualify towards the front and stay out of trouble.”

The Cory Joyce Racing team has had a few weeks to regroup from Rockingham and used the time off to their advantage. Though Joyce has not visited the concrete .375-mile oval prior to this weekend, he will carry a wealth of short-track knowledge into Friday night’s event.

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GPS Tracking Collars Used to Gather Data on Polar Bear Travels

According to new data collected from GPS tracking devices, polar bears have the ability to swim for days, covering hundreds of miles of open water at a time. The reason the longer underwater treks? Researchers suggest that the long swims appear to be a response to declining summer sea ice in the Arctic.

Floating masses of sea ice provide a crucial habitat for polar bears. From there they hunt for prey, which are primarily seals. However, the recent years of global warming, resulting in higher temperatures, especially over the Arctic, have brought significant declines in sea ice cover for the polar bears. Scientists are concerned that this decline is causing bear cubs to drown on long swims and creating similar issues for walruses, who also depend on the sea ice.

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Download the Free SilverCloud iPhone App

LandAirSea Systems, a leading manufacturer and developer of passive and real-time GPS tracking systems, is please to announce the launch of its new SilverCloud iPhone App.

This mobile vehicle location management application allow owners and users of the SilverCloud and SilverCloud Sync real-time GPS tracking systems, the ability to view and monitor the precise location of their assets or vehicles, whether it’s a single vehicle or an entire fleet of vehicles, from anywhere conveniently on their iPhone and/or iPad.

With the SilverCloud iPhone App, users will be also able to monitor the speed of each vehicle and the battery life of each device simply by tapping on the vehicle icon located on the map.

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Tech Support via Email, Online Chat and by Phone

LandAirSea Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer and developer or GPS tracking systems since 1994, now offers 24-hour technical support to help troubleshoot and answer any questions that may arise regarding their passive and real-time GPS tracking devices.

The large majority of fleet vehicle and delivery services, such as limousines, taxis, large freight trucks, and food catering services operate around the clock to meet the needs of their customers and clients. And likewise LandAirSea, wants to be there to provide around the clock technical support for its full line of GPS tracking systems.

To contact LandAirSea’s technical support department, simply email them at support@landairsea.com or call them at any time on their support line at 847-462-8100. They also have a live online chat to help answer immediate questions online.
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Tracking Earthquakes in Space Through GPS Technology

The brains behind our nation’s space program over at NASA, are working on a new earthquake detection system that will be utilizing GPS technology. The agency’s GPS-monitoring system, known as the Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network, is currently being tested with the goal of more accurately detecting the scale of quakes and, consequently, getting tsunami warnings out as soon as possible.

The new system will be built on decades of technology development through a partnership between the National Space Foundation, the Department of Defense and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The network will use real-time GPS measurements from nearly 500 stations throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Whenever a large earthquake is detected, with a magnitude of 6.0 and stronger, GPS data will be used to automatically calculate its vital characteristics including location, strength and details about the fault rupture.

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