| When teams are out in the field, either on foot or in | | | | camped on into an island surrounded by a lake that |
| transport the safety and monitoring of personnel is the | | | | extends as far as the eye can see. Thinking that the |
| number one priority of any organization. By using GPS | | | | flood will recede as fast as it started, they prepare to |
| Technology, combined with radio communications | | | | enjoy the unexpected break. |
| infrastructure, it is possible to track radio users with | | | | The only means of communication they had was their |
| integrated GPS transmitters. | | | | Motorola Mototrbo radio, with embedded GPS |
| The handset, a Motorola Mototrbo, along with a central | | | | transmitter and a mobile cell phone. They were able to |
| integrated monitoring software solution allows you to | | | | contact their HQ by sending an SMS text and they |
| monitor unsuspecting personnel out in the field and be | | | | were located by the position transmitted by their |
| on call to assist should a potential danger or crisis | | | | handheld radio. Once the position was determined the |
| evolve. | | | | crisis management team immediately dispatches a |
| These are just two examples in a world where | | | | helicopter, and the stranded team were successfully |
| potential crisis is only a moment away. With GPS | | | | found and taken home. |
| tracking and an alert system in place you can give | | | | In this scenario, the GPS tracking solution was able to |
| your team in the field the re-assurance that they are | | | | assist the team that had already ran into a Crisis |
| only a moment away from requesting assistance, | | | | situation, but it can also be used to prevent crisis |
| even in the most remote of locations. | | | | situations evolving. By monitoring troops in the field a |
| This technology came into its own when a team of | | | | central team can quickly advise the team of the |
| Geologists, working for a mining exploration team in the | | | | ground of any suspecting natural or unnatural disaster |
| deserts of South Australia bedded down for the night. | | | | they are about to walk into and advise them of |
| They then woke the following morning to find that a | | | | alternative routes. |
| flash flood has marooned them, turning the hill they are | | | | |