Satellites and Internet mapping used to track everything from stolen cars to lost pets

Satellites and Internet mapping used to track everything from stolen cars to lost pets

PowerLOC selected Maptuit’s maptuit.server service to power their technology which provides address lookup, map rendering, route calculation and proximity searching. Applications including Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, Theft Prevention and even Location of Lost Pets are possible using PowerLOC’s comprehensive end-to-end integrated solutions.

As a pioneer in the Location Service Provider (LSP) space, PowerLOC licenses its L-Biz™ technology, using co-ordinates transmitted between satellites and mobile GPS devices to track the location of people, pets, and vehicles in motion. Maptuit’s technology, built on a comprehensive road network of North America, will enable PowerLOC’s servers to track signals from the mobile GPS devices (concealed in a vehicle) against actual roadways and addresses or latitude/longitude co-ordinates. The location of the device is then displayed in real-time on a computer screen, PDA, or any other wireless device using the Internet.

Maptuit’s technology, built on a comprehensive road network of North America provides the means with which to associate a location captured from a GPS receiver with a street address. Given a GPS coordinate, Maptuit can render a map of the location on a variety of devices, calculate routes to or from the coordinate to a destination, and perform a search of a database for selected items within a given proximity.

PowerLOC’s proprietary L-Biz™ technology includes:

The Mobiles - Ergonomically designed, low-cost, mobile-location GPS tracking devices that transmit their positions over existing national and international cellular wireless networks of all types.
The Tracker - A centrally-managed server that connects directly to the wireless network and manages tens of thousands of the mobile devices.
The Client - Client software that runs on any PC with Internet access, allowing the user to locate one or more mobile devices on a map. The software also provides other useful data, including direction, speed, previous movements and even crash detection.

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