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Vehicle tracking and security news at GPS Police

New lower pricing on miniLINK airtime    September 2007

We are pleased to announce better rates for miniLINK airtime. CAD $35 (USD $30) per month for unlimited tracking and web access. Visit the Products page for details.
 

Stolen truck tracked and recovered by customer in 30 minutes    August 2007

One GPS Police customer in Calgary tracks and quickly recovers a stolen company truck in about half an hour thanks to LINK real-time tracking. Watch the Global News broadcast.
 

Introducing zeroLINK    July 2007

We are pleased to announce the immediately availability of zeroLINK, a reliable, affordable, real-time tracking solutions designed for rental and leasing companies.
 

Driving Directions    June 2007

Now get optimal Driving Directions, distance and time from any vehicle location, current or historical. Just click the vehicle marker, click Directions, enter a destination address, and click Show.
 

Improved Landmarks    May 2007

Landmarks can now be quickly added from the Map page. Just click a vehicle marker, click Add Landmark, enter a name, choose a colour, and click Save.
 

New reports    April 2007

Introducing new Trips and Speeding reports for proLINK and miniLINK.
 

Free ATS, LSD, GPS and UTM mapper    March 2007

We are happy to provide a free ATS/LSD mapper that also displays UTM coordinates—available to everyone at www.baseloc.net
 

LSD mapping and addressing    February 2007

All LINKs in Alberta can now report their location in three formats: ATS/LSD, GPS, and UTM. This means you can view the section and legal subdivision wherever your vehicles are.
 

LINK in stolen truck leads RCMP to chop shop    December 2006

As broadcast on CTV News and reported on in the Edmonton Journal, one of our customers tracks his stolen truck to a chop shop in a remote area. Directing RCMP cruisers to its location, arrests are made and our customer recovers his truck within a few hours. Watch the CTV broadcasts. Read the Edmonton Journal story, web or print version.
 

Moving    November 2006

In order to better serve customers and increase network capacity, we are moving our development and production office into a larger facility. Fortunately for existing customers, we do not anticipate this move causing any significant server downtime.
 

Coming soon...    October 2006

GPS Police and Baseloc have been working hard on its next-generation GPS vehicle tracking system. We are scheduling release for Dec 1, 2006. Key new features include: Live tracking and flat-rate airtime plans.
 

BaseLoc    August 2006

GPS Police has formed a new software division called BaseLoc. BaseLoc develops high-performance AVL server software—including the web AVL platform that powers HQ, the GPS Police vehicle tracking web site. www.baseloc.com
 

GPS Police    April 2006

GPS Police vehicle tracking systems has been added to the Atlantic Canada Online directory. Atlantic Canada Online Car and Auto Site
 

Server upgrades    March 2006

As part ongoing hardware optimization, HQ has been tuned for better performance for customers with fleets of 250+ vehicles.
 

New feature: Landmarks    February 2006

HQ 1.5 (free automatic update for all customers) now includes Landmarks. Better than basic Geofences, Landmarks lets you tag an unlimited number of named, colour-coded locations (Landmarks), which you can easily report on and use for instant notification. The Landmarks report even lets you retroactively see where vehicles were (stops, duration) in relation to these custom tagged areas.
 

We're moving    January 2006

As a result of rapid growth, we are moving our development and production office from Bay 31 to Bay 25. Greater space will facilitate faster production and quicker service.
 

New Training Center    December 2005

This month we are opening a training center and demonstration showroom inside the Gunnar building (Calgary).
 

HQ learns to speak XML    November 2005

HQ can now be integrated into other third-party and back-end operations software with our XML feed. Contact GPS Police Technical Services for more details. support@gpspolice.net
 

New feature: Fuel economy reports    October 2005

HQ 1.4 now allows you to view the estimated fuel consumption for any vehicle for the month, based on its city/highway mileage. This is handy for verifying submitted fuel expenses and getting fuel tax rebates on qualified roads.
 

Track your vehicles in 3D    June 2005

HQ 1.2 now offers seamless integration with Google Earth via real-time network links. Which means that all customers may now track their vehicles, and view historical activity, within Google Earth. This feature is a free, automatic upgrade for all existing customers.
 

HQ 1.1    March 2005

Today we are announcing major performance improvements to HQ, our vehicle tracking and fleet management web site. As a result of extensive server upgrades and database optimization, mapping and reporting are much faster. For example, for fleets with 100+ vehicles, HQ will generate 400-500% faster.
 

Transport companies choose LINK    December 2004

We are pleased to announce excellent sales of LINK to transportation companies in the eastern United States. With improved security and productivity features, we anticipate sales growth in transportation and construction industries to continue.
 

LINK for construction    October 2004

With theft of trailers and heavy equipment increasing, GPS Police begins selling LINK to construction companies in western Canada.
 

Network certification    September 2004

We are pleased to announce that our Network Operations Center (NOC) has been certified for wireless communications and telematics applications.
 

Beta    July 2004

July marks the beginning of the North American-wide beta test of our LINK, our web-based vehicle tracking system.
 

Introducing GPS Police    June 2004

GPS Police opens for business.
 

Research and development    November 2003

We begin working on a simple to use, web-based vehicle tracking system.
 

SUMMER SPECIAL
Until August 31, 2008:
miniLINK for $400 ($50 off)
or proLINK for $450 ($100 off),
(regularly $450 and $550 respectively).