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January 2001
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School bus service to be honoured for using GIS &GPS in their fleet
CHICAGO, Jan. 10 --
"The NHTM Millennium Project Award" is given to organizations with high
standards and a commitment to technology that has a positive impact on
humanity. The theme for the 2001 award is Technology and its Impact on Public Safety. This year's sponsor of NHTM is PSJournal.com, a global high-tech newsletter for the public safety industry.
Founded in 1994, NHTM's mission is to recognize the dramatic
effect high-tech products and services have on the way we live now, and how
they will change the way we live in the 21st century. NHTM has a goal to
promote and create awareness of high-tech education, as well as technology
solutions for both home and business.
They will be awarding Laidlaw Education Services for their vision in
enhancing student transportation safety via a technological solution using
GeoSpatial Technologies' GlobalTrax(TM) products. Additionally, a NHTM
Citation will be awarded to the Martin County School Board and Cingular
(formerly BellSouth and Southwestern Bell) for participation in this
progressive project.
The awards will be given during a press conference and demonstration on
January 23 in Martin County, Florida at the Laidlaw offices located at 2845 SE Dixie Highway, Stuart, Florida 34997. GST's GlobalTrax products will be demonstrated on the Laidlaw buses at the press conference. GlobalTrax combines the latest Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Wireless and Internet technologies to enable a vehicle to be tracked anytime, anywhere, in real time from any computer or hand-held wireless device via the Internet.
GeoSpatial
Technologies [GST] is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) company
that combines the latest technologies in Global Positioning Systems
(GPS), Internet, and wireless. GST's products includes:
GlobalTrax(TM), WayFinder(R), GST CrimeMap(TM), GST Mapper(TM), GST
Streetlinker(TM), and GST Viewer(TM). GST is located in Santa Ana,
Calif. with regional offices in El Monte, Calif., Chicago, Ill., and
Miami, Fla. http://www.geospatialtech.com
Laidlaw is North
America's largest provider of student transportation carrying more
than 2.3 million children to and from school each day. Laidlaw
continues to be a leader in the development and use of
state-of-the-art transportation solutions to enhance student safety.
Laidlaw Education Services is headquartered in Naperville, Ill. http://www.laidlawschoolbus.com
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