Tracking Service

This service allows you to track the geographic position of anything that has a GPS Mobile on board. It seems to use a GSM-phone in combination with a GPS. A special client allows you to see the location of the GSM-numbers that you are tracking. The client has several other options as well.

Interesting application. I do however not get the idea that this is very open. I would like to see it as a separate web-service of the Telecom-operators. Users of a GPS-phone can then enable this web-service. Interesting to create a Geo-moblog of your travel pictures. It would lead to many more interesting services

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Tracking Service

Gizmodo mentioned an interesting service created by the Aalborg zoo in Denmark. It is an advanced combination of three mobile / wireless technologies (bluetooth, wireless LAN and GSM (SMS)). In combination it offers a tracking services, with notification by SMS

Gizmodo quote:
Base stations scattered around a site detect nearby bluetooth tags worn by kids and relay their location to a central database via wireless LAN (local area network). Parents register their cell phones with the system and can get an update on their progeny’s position within 20 seconds of sending a query text message.