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On May 27, 2010 Los Angeles attorney, Thomas Kirschbaum was found dead in the water off of Long Beach. The 57-year-old man was wearing a life jacket when the Long Beach police found him. With no signs of injury the cause of death is still a mystery, and police continue to investigate the strange incident. What Thomas Kirschbaum didn’t know when he set out for a day of boating off the coast was that he could have protected himself in advance with a GPS Tracker. Since no one knew where he was there was no way they could have known that he was in trouble. If his location was known his death could have been avoided.

Suitable for cycling, running, and for vehicle use, the Holux’s GPSport 245 outdor GPS boasts IPX-6 water proof. Highlights: Display position coordinates, speed, altitude, time, distance & calorie; Supports speed meter, track log, finder; Synchronize track logs and geo-tagged photos with map; Save log data and 200,000 waypoints; Low power consumption; operate up to 18/28 hours (backlight off/on); Back light support; …

Many have legitimately raised privacy concerns about government use of GPS tracking devices to investigate and prosecute various offenses. While laws in most states have not evolved to reflect the rapidly advancing technology on the market today, judges are nonetheless forced to apply legal principles to the use of GPS trackers on private citizens. However, many state and local governments are discovering the benefits of keeping tabs on their own employees with GPS trackers. Here are two recent instances where this level of high-tech accountability proved very useful.

It’s easy to look at nearly any particular industry and see how deeply GPS tracking devices have impacted workers and managers the world over. The automobile industry, law enforcement, researchers, manufacturers—nearly every industry that must stay on the edge of the technological curve has used GPS tracking to be safer and more efficient. The agricultural community is of course …

In Computex Taipei 2010, Vunex launched one of the latest personal guiding system, the X-Guider. The X-Guider is an outdoor hand held device made for sports / recreational use. It incorporates the GPS technology to the most simple application: Record your position, guide you to a position, record a trip, and calculate the speed etc. The main use is to help users to find their ways while enjoying outdoor activities. It can be a standalone product without a PC, but it can also plan ahead before heading out, and/or record a trip/points and navigated on PC.

We all know about the enormous benefit vehicle tracking devices have had on law enforcement. Investigators can use GPS trackers to keep tabs on suspects and parolees, with great results. While some have expressed serious privacy concerns over the issue—and courts will likely debate on the exact legal use of GPS trackers for years to come—it is worth noting that there’s plenty use for GPS trackers …

Here is the GPS Tracker Phone designed for children and seniors, incorporated with the latest GPS tracking technology and extra ease of use. It comes with elegant construction, intuitively designed buttons, and is ideal for personal or business uses. Highlights: Slim design and easy to use; GSM Tri-band frequency with 5 preset …

Students at Virginia Tech will soon be able to check the status and location of campus shuttles by phone, thanks to a new GPS tracking solution dreamt up by the student government and the computer science department. This summer, the school is installing GPS tracking devices on each of its buses, which will feed location data to a web-based system which can be accessed via PC, smartphone, and Web applications like Twitter.