Photo by Cassie Gallegos on Unsplash
Spring break is a time where many college students go on vacation. Often, parents are left home to worry about where their kids are and if they are safe. An easy way to keep track of your child is through a personal GPS tracking device. These devices are small and can be worn discreetly. Parents can rest assured knowing that their child is safe on their spring break while the child can enjoy their vacation without having to constantly check in with their parents. Here are a few ways that a personal GPS tracker can help you to be safe during a spring break vacation.
GPS Position Report
The GPS positioning feature on a personal GPS tracking device is extremely important. It allows users to track a person using a scheduled GPS position report with cell-ID reporting. This is helpful for spring breakers on all types of trips. Track your child as they hike the Appalachian trail, explore New York City, or relax at the beach. The GPS is highly sensitive and accurate, making it extremely dependable.
Geo-fence Boundary Crossings
Geo-fence boundaries are a great way to track a person. This is an especially helpful feature if you are tracking someone who is going on a spring break hiking adventure. Prior to the trip, set the boundaries that the hiker is expected to stay in. If, at any point, they cross those boundaries, users back home will be alerted. This helps family members make sure their loved ones are staying on track during their hiking trip.
Emergency Alerts and Alarms
The personal GPS tracking device provides users with many different emergency alert features. For example, the device has a man down alert that will let users know if their loved one has fallen. This is an important feature for those adventurous spring breakers who are hiking or doing other outdoor activities during their vacation. Another important alert is the geo-fence boundary alert as mentioned above. The device also includes a low battery alert. This allows users to know when they need to charge their device. Lastly, the GPS device has an SOS button which allows users to set off an emergency alarm. This is an important feature that can be activated in the case of an emergency or dangerous situation.
With a personal GPS tracking device, parents no longer have to lose sleep while their child is on spring break vacation. The devices allow monitoring of position and geo-fence boundaries and are also equipped with emergency alerts and alarms. Contact Tracking the World today for more information about a personal GPS tracking device.
Entrusted with both the safety and education of our children, public school administrators seeking to more effectively manage student transportation are increasingly turning to GPS tracking devices and tracking software to help them efficiently manage bus routes, monitor drivers, and ensure child safety.
Bus Route Planning
In both rural and urban areas, planning for pick-up and drop-off of hundreds, or even thousands of school children requires organization and efficiency. Bus routes must be planned to maximize fuel efficiency, minimize mileage, and be timed perfectly to get students to school on time.
GPS tracking software is beneficial in planning student transportation because of its ability to quickly assist administrators in determining the most efficient route of travel for every bus in a school’s fleet.
Safety First with GPS Devices
The most important responsibility of any public school system is to ensure the safety of its students, and GPS tracking systems have become an additional layer of security for students and drivers on bus routes. With tracking devices installed on each school bus, and the use of GPS tracking software, school administrators are easily alerted if a bus leaves its intended route of travel, if a bus is stopped for any length of time, and direction of travel.
Staff Monitoring
While no one wants to think of the possibility of irresponsible school staff members responsible for the safety of school children, it is an unfortunate reality. For these situations, GPS tracking systems provide a cost effective way to monitor school bus drivers for speed, location, and possible misuse of a school fleet vehicles.
GPS tracking software can protect your drivers in the event they are falsely accused of disregarding speed limits or other committing other violations. With GPS tracking devices, routes of travel are precisely recorded and are may be played back in real time.
Getting Started
For more information on incorporating the use of GPS tracking systems within your public school system, contact TrackingTheWorld, Inc., a leading developer of GPS tracking devices and GPS tracking software for business, government, and private use. For more information, visit www.trackingtheworld.com.
Here are two of the latest GPS tracking news updates we’ve found around the Web today:
The FiLIP
Just when Samsung is making James Bond-ish watches popular again, AT&T has announced it will release a GPS tracking equipped smartwatch for kids which will use geo-fencing to alert parents when a child leaves his or her predetermined safe zone, and will enable parents to see their child’s location at any time provided the child is wearing the tracker. Known as the FiLIP, the GPS tracking device for kids is also capable of voice communication with up to 5 numbers which are preprogrammed by parents. There’s also a panic button that, when pressed for 3 seconds, will cause the device to begin dialing contact numbers.
China to Use GPS Tracking on Government Cars
In an effort to curb abuse by public officials, China will begin installing GPS tracking devices on thousands of government vehicles. The move comes partly in response to criticism for supposed widespread corruption and flamboyant lifestyles among government officials. Guangzhou, a city in southern China, took on a similar project for fleet tracking of government vehicles in 2011. The city now reports that it saves more than $6 million dollars per year due to the GPS tracking systems.
