stalker wrote: » Folks, I'm doing my dissertation this year, and I would like to focus on emergency service / doctor on duty call outs. I’ve done a bit of thinking about it and I reckon that a satnav system which would let emergency services know where the emergency service vehicle is at any time to route the nearest. I know technology which radio transmitters has been in use for years, but I'm looking for a very cheap, scaled down version for use in private EMT ambulances and similar vehicles. So here’s my question; Is there a satnav which will send current gps data over the gsm network? I’ve scoured the net and I haven’t come across anything. All the device needs to do is transmit the current coordinates about every 5seconds or so. These coordinates will then be used to track the vehicle. Should there be a request, the dispatching software will automatically alert the vehicle, and send the coordinates which would show up as a pinpoint on the satnav. Simple enough in theory! Let me know your thoughts Steve
coylemj wrote: » Next time you see a taxi which is a member of one of the radio co-ops, take a look in the back window, chances are you'll see a GPS receiver. the dispatcher can see the location of all the taxis and whether they're engaged or not, that allows them to quickly call up a taxi that's in the area and which is free. Since that technology is already in use, you might also look at the possibility of fitting GPS trackers to buses so that a display on a bus stop can give you an estimate of when the next bus will probably arrive and people could also text from mobile phones to see when the next bus is due to pass by their local bus stop, an example of location based services.
