GPS Tracking Gets High Marks in the Air and On the Ground
Keeping track of vehicles on the road is easy when you use a GPS fleet tracking system. But it’s a bit trickier to manage the highways in the sky, especially if you’re an air traffic controller for the New York City area or an air ambulance pilot in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley.
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a better way to funnel air traffic in and out of a 31,180-square-mile area from Philadelphia to Albany to Montauk. It’s sort of an airborne GPS fleet tracking system designed to allow pilots to route their planes themselves with less reliance on air traffic control. According to an article on Wired.com:
“Six years ago, Congress green-lit a plan to solve this problem. The Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act calls for a new system, dubbed NextGen, that uses GPS to create a sort of real-time social network in the skies.”
Take a look at amazing illustration that gives a realistic depiction of the 2 million flights that pass through the New York area each year.
In Pennsylvania, a type of GPS fleet tracking system has been installed in Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s airborne ambulances. WGAL-TV says:
“The system uses GPS and an automated, real-time weather tracking system to help pilots take patients directly to Hershey Medical Center in bad weather. The fleet uses a GPS and an anemometer to give pilots in the cockpit a better idea of their landing visibility.”
It’s always interesting to see the innovative ways GPS fleet tracking is being put to use. Your vehicle-management needs are probably on the ground, which means you’re an ideal candidate for continuous real-time fleet tracking. It’s the easy, affordable way to improve routing efficiency, cut fuel consumption by monitoring engine idle time, enforce speed and geographic limits, and ensure that drivers are at specific addresses when they’re supposed to be. See what we mean.
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