Amazon (Murtuza Attarwala): Would recommend this book to anyone who is actively working with Location Based Services, or is planning on working with Location Based Services. The initial sections of the book gives comprehensive use cases, where location based services are/can be used. The author then goes into the details of different technologies that are out there in the market that can be used to implement these services. For each technology, the author first describes the technology and then discusses the pros/cons of using that technology to implement the solution. These gives a very good idea, of what technology should be used from the cost/technical perspective for a particular solution. For e.g. what is the expected responsiveness of RTLS for your particular solution, what is the accuracy that you desire, is it room-level or is zone-level good enough, how big a tag is acceptable for your solution, what is the expected battery life of the tag. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Location based services.
examiner: Paul A. Wilcock, who played a leading role in the creation, deployment and support of the national wireless AMBER Alert system and the national wireless Onstar system, is taking a principal role in a revolutionary product – a wrist-worn device with GPS tracking, 24/7 monitoring and a cell phone, designed to promote safety for children and elders.
The device, which is tamper-proof and waterproof, can be tracked by parents or guardians, by GuardianLion’s monitoring call center, and if necessary, by law enforcement.
GuardianLion’s wrist-worn device, called LEO, functions as a watch and cellular phone while also featuring an unprecedented level of tracking and communication. Parents or guardians will be able to go online to track the wearer real-time, and can elect to receive text messages giving the wearer’s location at pre-specified times. In addition, the parent or guardian can set up “speed alerts,” “safety zones,” or “exclusion zones,” each of which trigger alerts if the wearer breaches pre-described boundaries.
The LEO serves many needs:
Locating Lost Children
Knowing where your children are helps protect them and gives you peace of mind. LEOTM can pinpoint a child's location anywhere — close to or far from home at all times.
Seniors at Risk
Protect loved ones with Alzheimer's, dementia and other health threats. Guard against them getting lost. Ensure they get help in case of an emergency. Be able to contact them at any time.
Special Needs Teens & Adults
GuardianLion Wireless can help protect individuals, such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorders, who lose track of time and place, become distracted, lost or panicked.
Recreation & Personal Protection
A woman running on unfamiliar streets, a hunter in the wilderness, a hiker out on his own—GuardianLion can help find them and get them assistance.
Business to Business needs:
Municipal
GuardianLion could make it easier for overtaxed Family Service officers and caseworkers to keep track of and protect children under institutional and foster care.
Care Facilities
Day care, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes also hold potential for GuardianLion.
The device, which is linked to the GuardianLion service, allows for 24-hour, real time monitoring by parents or loved ones. In case of emergency, GuardianLion staff begins active monitoring, contacts 911 and facilitates communication between child, parents and first responders.
“This product takes tracking and personal location technology to an entirely new level,” said Paul Wilcock. “First, it provides an unrivaled level of flexibility in communicating and keeping track of your loved ones. Second, we expect this product to offer a wider range of tracking capability than any other personal tracking product on the market.”
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RTLS For Dummies Book Review at amazon.com: RTLS for Dummies is the most comprehensive book written for anyone who is involved in the Location system business. It also provides an excellent study for anyone entering this business or educational institutions who could use it as a textbook or a reference for all RTLS related seminars.
http://www.pakistantimes.net/: General packet radio switching (GPRS) is a Mobile Data Service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile phones. General Packet Radio Service data transfer is typically charged per megabyte of transferred data, while data communication via traditional circuit switching is billed per minute of connection time, independent of whether the user has actually transferred data or has been in an idle state.
GPRS can be used for services such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and for Internet communication services such as email and World Wide Web access. GPRS is packet-switched, which means that multiple users share the same transmission channel, only transmitting when they have data to send. Thus the total available bandwidth can be immediately dedicated to those users who are actually sending at any given moment, providing higher use where users only send or receive data intermittently.
Express News Service: Mumbai To tap water leakage in the old and dilapidated pipelines, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to carry out a water audit — a pilot project — in western suburbs. According to sources, Mumbai loses around 650 mld of water due to leakage. The audit will include detection of water leakage with high-end technology sensors, Ground Penetration Radars (GPRs) and mapping of underground pipelines with the aid of geographic information system (GIS).
Market Watch: Location Based Technologies, Inc. designs and develops personal locator devices and services. We are the developer of the PocketFinder(R) Family of Products and the PocketFinder(R) Network. The PocketFinder(R) Family of Products currently includes the PocketFinder(R), PetFinder(R) and PocketFinder(R) Luggage. The PocketFinder(R) is a small location device that enables a user to locate a device, person, or pet, anytime from almost anywhere. PocketFinder(R) Personal Locator devices are completely wireless. Users can monitor the safety and location of family members, pets, and valuables using GPS and GPRS technologies.
