Companies like ours sell GPS vehicle tracker systems to, well, track personal cars and fleet vehicles. However, people are inventive, and it's not surprising to discover them using GPS tracking systems in creative and unusual ways. Using a satellite tracking system, the sheriff was able to follow a dot representing the thieves' truck on his smartphone.
The city streets of Baltimore is his canvas, his mountain bike and GPS technology are his brushes, and Google Maps is his template. Think of his art as a giant Etch-A-Sketch as Wally bicycles up and down streets "drawing" objects such as a boot, a gun and a hammer. Lately he's evolved into more complex "drawings" such as the Jellyfish Invasion and Tee It golfer. His art can only be seen from a bird's-eye view, of course, but fortunately that's no problem with a GPS system.
Solving a mystery of the seas Manta rays are facing extinction. These graceful 25-foot fish are one of the ocean's largest and least-known species. Almost nothing is known about their movements, their habits or their ecological needs. Answers to these questions are urgently needed because manta rays are now listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Like finding a GPS in a haystack Each month the county Sheriff's Department in Tillman County, Oklahoma was receiving calls from farmers complaining their hay bales were stolen. Stealing hay is no minor problem in the county. Extreme drought has forced farmers to use more hay than normal, driving up prices and making hay very attractive to thieves. Another plus for thieves: hay is impossible to trace.
Initial data came via GPS trackers, which scientists placed on six manta rays and monitored them for 64 days before the units fell off. Results of the tracking program were published in a study by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Mexican government and the University of Exeter. Among their findings they discovered manta rays: -- Traveled almost 700 miles during the two months they were tracked. -- Preferred warm water less than 50 meters deep. -- Swam most of their time in coastal waters with plentiful zooplankton and fish eggs.
The city streets of Baltimore is his canvas, his mountain bike and GPS technology are his brushes, and Google Maps is his template. Think of his art as a giant Etch-A-Sketch as Wally bicycles up and down streets "drawing" objects such as a boot, a gun and a hammer. Lately he's evolved into more complex "drawings" such as the Jellyfish Invasion and Tee It golfer. His art can only be seen from a bird's-eye view, of course, but fortunately that's no problem with a GPS system.
Solving a mystery of the seas Manta rays are facing extinction. These graceful 25-foot fish are one of the ocean's largest and least-known species. Almost nothing is known about their movements, their habits or their ecological needs. Answers to these questions are urgently needed because manta rays are now listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Like finding a GPS in a haystack Each month the county Sheriff's Department in Tillman County, Oklahoma was receiving calls from farmers complaining their hay bales were stolen. Stealing hay is no minor problem in the county. Extreme drought has forced farmers to use more hay than normal, driving up prices and making hay very attractive to thieves. Another plus for thieves: hay is impossible to trace.
Initial data came via GPS trackers, which scientists placed on six manta rays and monitored them for 64 days before the units fell off. Results of the tracking program were published in a study by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Mexican government and the University of Exeter. Among their findings they discovered manta rays: -- Traveled almost 700 miles during the two months they were tracked. -- Preferred warm water less than 50 meters deep. -- Swam most of their time in coastal waters with plentiful zooplankton and fish eggs.
