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A new web service is offering access to 1000s of cheap vehicles in North America that have been seized by US Government authorities. Many of these vehicles were seized using GPS tracking devices placed by the finance companies to catch ’bad debtors’.
A costly problem to finance companies are fraudsters who take out a car loan for a high value vehicle and then don’t pay any of the installments, mainly because the vehicle is going to be sold on or smuggled out of the country. To combat this, finance companies covertly fit a GPS tracking device that can be activated as soon as payments are stopped, not made and when then ’owner’ stops responding to finance companies calls.
The gps tracking device is activated and a collector is called up to go and retrieve the vehicle. These vehicles are then seized by the police, IRS, Customs or DEA. After a period of time, they are then put back on the market through approved government auctions.
A new company, Seize Cars enables searchers of these auctions to look up a specific car make and model and find the nearest government car auction taking place near their zip code. For small fee - usually $69 but reduced at the moment to $49 - many people have located a ridiculously cheap car and either sold it on or used it themselves….and then sold it on later for a fat profit.
Go and check it out at www.seizecars.com
Written by GPS Tracking Guy on June 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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Includes Remote Location Tracking and Monitoring features
MuskokaTech; a leading provider of GPS Navigation and Mapping Software for handheld PCs, have announced the release of PathAway GPS 4 Professional Edition for Windows Mobile handhelds.
PathAway Professional Edition has all of the features of PathAway GPS 4 - Standard Edition plus new features targeted towards power users and professionals. Of significance, PathAway PRO offers 2-way wireless remote location tracking. This enables users to send their location to others, and to monitor where others are, right on their handheld unit. Locations can be sent and received directly via SMS, or sent to a central tracking service. This makes PathAway ideal for activities such as group travel, search and rescue operations, competitive sports, or people and asset tracking.
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Written by GPS Tracking Guy on March 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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NovaTracker is introducing a more intelligent generation of highly customizable wireless and GPS hardware solutions powered by proprietary technology that integrates easily with most vehicle tracking software and significantly cuts transmission costs.
Fleet managers consistently report that as much as 50 percent of the information they receive from a GPS solution isn’t precisely what they need, so the other half results in higher transmission costs.
The Maya is an extremely versatile and reliable in-vehicle GPS equipped, GSM capable data hub that allows existing fleet management software solutions to do far more, with less. Engineered specifically for the fleet-tracking industry, Maya generates an unparalleled array of customized and highly relevant data transmissions.
Leveraging the intelligent technology developed by NovaTracker as the proprietary platform for its wireless and GPS solutions — Maya becomes an in-vehicle network hub. Specifically, this intelligent unit is capable of providing a large range of data types such as location reporting, vehicle status and a wide variety of event codes including geofence violation. It is the only device on the market today that will transmit information the customer has specified with as many as 16 different variables.
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Written by GPS Tracking Guy on February 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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Radio Frequency Technology and Integration with Police Integral to Recovery.
LoJack Corporation announced it has recovered a milestone 100,000th stolen vehicle in the United States. The recovery, which took place in Philadelphia and leveraged LoJack’s Police Tracking Computers that are installed in police aviation units and squad cars, is another proof point that LoJack’s radio frequency technology and direct integration with police is the optimal solution for stolen vehicle recovery.
"We are proud to reach this milestone and, most importantly, we are proud of LoJack’s continued ability over the past two decades to partner with police departments such as those in Philadelphia to help in the fight against vehicle theft," said Richard T. Riley, LoJack’s Chairman and CEO. "The LoJack System’s integration with more than 1,800 law enforcement agencies in the United States has proven time and time again to be a solution that works. It has enabled law enforcement utilizing our system to recover over 100,000 stolen LoJack-equipped vehicles, while also helping them put criminals, of these and other more serious crimes, behind bars."
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Written by GPS Tracking Guy on February 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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From ABI Research
mobiles2go Launches BLOCK Vehicle Tracking Device
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At this year’s 3GSM World Congress, leading mobile location based services (MLBS) provider, mobiles2go, will unveil the BLOCK, a new vehicle management tracking device that combines the very latest GPS technology to enable businesses or individuals to track the location of any asset.
The smallest and lightest device of its kind on the market, measuring W58 x L95 x D15.5mm and weighing just 70g, the BLOCK is ideally suited for vehicle security and fleet management. Easy to install in any vehicle, with no ongoing infrastructure overheads or technical support required, the BLOCK opens up opportunities for operators and distributors to increase revenues and customer loyalty, through data usage or creating voice and data bundles. Operators and distributors can simply sell the device and then bill the customer for the service and data usage.
The BLOCK offers a range of state-of-the-art, GPS-based features for both private and commercial use.
Private vehicle security - the BLOCK is an ideal security solution for owners of private vehicles, offering the following features:
- Small footprint, which makes it easy to install under a dashboard
- A ’Park’ mode, so the device can alert the owner if the vehicle moves
- Ability to set up adjustable zones. As soon as the device moves out of the designated areas, the owner is alerted by text message
- Ability to initiate a real-time trace at any time, to reveal the BLOCK’s location in seconds
- Mileage reporting, to help business travellers keep track of work-related travel costs
Commercial fleet management - The BLOCK also provides a host of features specifically designed for commercial vehicles, enabling fleet managers to reduce insurance costs, easily and cost effectively monitor their fleet, improve employee efficiency on the road, and control costs and use of the vehicles. Features include:
- Instant trace function to pinpoint the location of each vehicle at any time
- The ability to follow the exact route of any vehicle
- The ability to view and monitor the entire fleet on one screen
- The ability to set up adjustable travel zones for each vehicle. Fleet managers are alerted as soon as an asset moves out of a designated area
- Kilometre/mileage registration module by trip
Mark Gullickson, CEO of mobiles2go, commented: "The vehicle tracking devices that are currently available on the market are complex, often with outdated maps, and with restrictive high entry costs and ongoing costs of ownership. mobiles2go has developed a product that firmly focuses on the user experience, offering the easy to use, flexible and customisable service that customers really need and want, at a price they can afford. Our approach will ensure that operators and distributors can take advantage of this burgeoning market with state of the art, feature-rich MLBS applications and services."
The BLOCK is the latest in a line of innovative MLBS products and services to be launched by mobiles2go and follows the introduction of the company’s i-Kids child safety device across Europe in 2006. The mobiles2go complete range of MLBS products will be showcased throughout 3GSM on 2.1 F84.
Written by GPS Tracking Guy on February 15th, 2007 with no comments.
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