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Four Fun and Practical Uses for a GPS Tracker
One of the great things about many technologies is that although they have a serious business application, they can also help to enrich our personal lives, and even inject a little enjoyment. Specifically, GPS trackers can serve a range of purposes, some for business benefit, some just to make our lives that bit more interesting.
Of course the practical applications are great. Of course businesses need to track their vehicles or monitor vulnerable lone workers, and parents value the assurance of being able to follow their childrens’ movements. But, how can we get something extra from these devices? Here are a few quick examples.
Let people follow your fundraising challenge: People are increasingly participating in endurance fundraising events, which may range from a sponsored walk or marathon run, through to an extended journey over many days, perhaps by bicycle, by foot or even by boat. By carrying a small personal GPS tracker with you on your challenge, you will be able to let your friends and followers see exactly how you are getting on and encourage them to come back periodically to see how you are getting on. They will soon become fully immersed in your challenge.
Fitness tracking: Well, exercise isn’t for everyone, but if it is for you then what better way to keep tabs on your progress and achievements that to have a GPS tracker do the hard work of accurately recording your run, noting times, speed, and which areas on your route you struggled the most, but most importantly letting you see progress by comparing one session with another. You shouldn’t underestimate the power of getting objective data on your routine—seeing where and why you need improvement, not to mention how far you’ve come, can be really motivating.
Geotag your photographs: There is something special about being able to see exactly where and when a picture was taken. Increasingly, people are using geotags to tag photos with where they were taken – i.e. the exact latitude and longitude. With a hand-held GPS that gives you a read-out of your position you can jot the location down as you take the photo, or simply take a photo of the screen. Alternatively, just make sure you have a note of the time the photo was taken, and when you get back to base, look up your GPS trace and get the position that corresponds to the time the photo was taken. Using a service like Flickr you can tag your photos with their latitude and longitude.
On day out with Friends: You know the scenario. You have headed into the city with friends or family and split up for a while, then you want to know where each other are and arrange to meet back up again. You can try calling them, but if you are not familiar with the location, then its hard to really know how close or far apart you are. So what if your friends carried a tracker, which could simply be their GPS capable mobile phone, and you could quickly open a map on your phone and see precisely where you all are. How much easier would that be?