Re: Another Franeknseries machine missing! Arrgh!

Circuit Cellar magazine had an article a few years ago about a package 
someone developed to do this. They interfaced a GPS to a cellphone, and it 
would call home anytime it noticed it's location had changed. 


Steven Morrison
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Rob Berendt wrote on 01/02/2007 11:26:01 AM:

Seriously, though, you would think one of the listers who works for a 
trucking company would know of a device they use to track their trucks.

The truck tracking system that we use would not work particularly well in 
this scenario, as it requires a great big saucer thing be attached to the 
tracked item.  I think the kind of thing you are thinking about would be 
smaller and hidden.  The trick is that the device needs to be able to 
alert some server somewhere of its position history periodically, so you 
needs something like GPS + cellular transmitter.  A quick google search 
for 'real time gps' should turn up some devices that would work.  One 
thing to be aware of (at least we find this with trucks) is that 
buildings, geographical features and other obstructions can limit a 
device's ability to report its position.  I'm not sure if these tracking 
devices would work if they were jammed inside a computer case.

HTH,
Adam

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