Their findings will then be collated and analysed using handheld sensors and GPS technology.
Built-in GPS technology means smartphones know where a person is at any given time.
But the most interesting possibility for marketers is the integration of GPS technology with commerce.
In Europe and Japan, the company offers high-end smart phones including Wi-Fi phones with GPS technology and Bluetooth loaded on.
With vehicles increasingly coming pre-equipped with GPS technology, officers might not need to attach an additional device in many future cases.
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Though it's been around for more than a decade, GPS technology is suddenly very cool, and it is increasingly affordable for the average consumer.
Each uses GPS technology to sense motion and lock the phone.
Developers have recently created and marketed shoes with embedded GPS technology.
He had the technical skills needed to solve this problem and started to build the first traffic platform that combined GPS technology with open source software.
Singapore has also deployed GPS technology to reduce traffic jams, a tactic that Naveen Lamba, an transportation analyst with IBM, has proposed we adopt for our clogged roadways here.
In case you are not familiar with the company, Garmin manufactures navigation, communications and information products based on GPS technology, which relies on satellites to precisely determine the geographic location of a person or object.
WifiSLAM, which is roughly two years old, is among a slew of technology companies trying to crack the problem of how to detect a mobile-phone user's location when the user is indoors and traditional GPS technology doesn't work.
Leveraging industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customer's Bluetooth-capable mobile phone, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information provides simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.
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Now, we've already given our opinions on using GPS technology like this and, while it's unknown whether these agents had a warrant to place this device, the 9th US Court of Appeals recently made one unnecessary for this sort of thing.
The new, free iPhone application will streamline the process by allowing New Yorkers to report complaints to 311 using a program that identifies the user, determines the specific location of the condition reported using GPS technology, and allows easy uploads of photos.
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This allowed us to create sample scenarios to showcase ingenuity and innovation, including how the mobile app can alert individuals on its location and areas to avoid for a fire, flood or terrorist attack, all by aggregating emergency frequency broadcast and GPS technology.
Aka-aki is currently focused on Bluetooth technology, because it's so widespread in cell phones, but the GPS technology in Apple's iPhone is even more exciting, because of its ability to pinpoint the position of its users outdoors, with the iPhone's wi-fi detection performing a similar function indoors.
They will use GPS and laser technology to monitor the populations of Sulawesi crested black macaque.
Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.
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Despite the advent of GPS, radar technology and 3-D computer software, an exquisitely hand-drawn map and carefully collected data often can outdo what a couple of whiz kids can find on a laptop.
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The hardware includes sensors, GPS and radio technology.
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Each balloon is fitted with the latest meteorological technology and GPS tracking systems which allow progress to be tracked online.
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While Sherlock Holmes followed footprints, Jonathan Grave uses mobile phone technology, GPS, and the digital trails left by credit cards to track his targets.
The technology of GPS has been around for a long time.
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The Justice Department recommended that prosecutors obtain search warrants when tracking phones using such "precise" technology as GPS or multiple cellphone towers, according to documents dated in 2007 obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union in a freedom-of-information request.
Qualcomm's Gobi2000 technology includes integrated GPS, increased data-transfer rates and more global connectivity options.
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The GPS-based cell phone technology that appears to have helped track down the alleged Boston Marathon bombers is pretty common.
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Galileo would be, in theory, more accurate than GPS, and the receiving technology would be incorporated into devices like mobile phones and cars.
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