Category Archives: location based apps
Location Based Shorts 15 Great New GPS Navigation Features from Kia
Kia has launched some awesome new GPS car navigation and vehicle tracking features for some 2020 models with UVO Phase II. I thought I had seen it all, but a navigation system that is portable through a vehicle fleet is … Continue reading →
Posted in AR, Augmented Reality, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, Car 2 car, car insurance, Car Parking, car security, Car Technology, Car theft, car tracker, car tracking, carparking, carpool, cars, Catch Crooks with GPS, connected cars, Crime Prevention, drivers, driving, driving app, find car, future car, GPS, GPS Car Nav, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Tracker, GPS Tracking, HERE, location based apps, Location Based Shorts, love of cars, Motoring, nav apps, Nav Maps, Navigation Maps, Navman, new cars, parking, parking apps, real time traffic, RTTI, safer driving, safer journeys, Traffic Information
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Tagged GPS navigation, Kia, last mile, RTTI, UVO, UVO Phase II
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What is the Best Home Security for 2020?
House burglaries, theft of, and from cars in people’s driveways, porch pirates are all things we have to deal with today and of course even more so leading up to the Christmas Holidays. What I really want to share with … Continue reading →
Posted in Bike thieves, Black Friday, Bluetooth, burglary, car insurance, Car Navigation, car security, Car theft, Crime, crime map, Crime Prevention, cybercrime, drug shopping, drugs, Facebook, Foresight, Gadgets, Hacker, HAcking cars, holiday traffic, Home automation, insurance risk, Internet of Things, Internet Privacy, kids wearable tech, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, long weekend, Luggage tracking, Map apps, mobile holiday apps, mobile safety, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood Crime, News, Personal security, Police, road trip, security, Sensors, SmartPhone, Social Media, Social Media Insight, Society, stolen, Stolen cars, theft, track crime, Track phone, Track Smartwatch., Track Thieves, Tracking criminals, Travel Apps
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Tagged Best Home Security, Best home security 2020, BTLE, burglary, Christmas Holiday, Cloud security, consumer electronics, Crime, cybersecurity, drug addict, house burglary, keeping up with the jones, meth, meth head, Micro SD Card, porch pirates, security camera, security tips, Selfies, stealing to order, theft to order
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Solving the Traffic Jam Problem – Getting Cities Moving Again
I got pretty excited when I read the press release about Volkswagen getting together with D-Wave, using quantum computing to demonstrate real time traffic optimised routing at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon which starts tomorrow. I wish I was … Continue reading →
Posted in accidents, Artificial intelligence, Auckland, BAU, Big Data, Bus Apps, Buses, Business, Business Intelligence, car accidents, car crash, Car Navigation, car safety, Car Technology, car tracker, car tracking, city GPS travel apps, commuting, congestion, connected cars, Crash, disruptive model, driving, driving app, Fleet Management, Freight App, Future, future car, Future Technology, Good travel apps, Google, Government, GPS Bus Tracking, GPS Car Nav, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, HERE, holiday traffic, Intelligent Transport Systems, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, motorway, Politics, Public Transport, Qauntum Theory, road rage, road toll, Road Tolling, Road Tolls, Route Optimisation, RTTI, RUC, safer driving, safer journeys, Safety app, School Bus, Schoolbus, SoLoMo, the future, TomTom, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, travel demand management, Travel Information, Truck GPS, Truck Navigation, truck safety, Trucks, Why fleet management
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Tagged ATOC, Auckland Transport, Auckland Transport Operations Centre, bus optimisation, City Lab, couriers, D-Wave, distribution, eRUC, freight, GDP, GeoSmart, gridlock, HERE, Luigi Cappel, National Road Carriers, PND, quantum computing, reduce maximum driving speed, Route2Go, RTTI, Safe Speed Programme, smart cities, Traffic jam, Volkswagen, Waterloo University, Web Summit Conference
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Short Videos About GPS, Apps, Maps and More: Location Based Shorts. The Eyes Have It.
Location Based Shorts is a new series where I am embarking on a new series of sub 3 minute VLOGS (Video Blogs) about things that interest me and if you follow me, probably will interest you. I comment on things … Continue reading →
Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, Accurate Map Tracking, Autonomous cars, Bank Robbery, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, Bluetooth, Car Navigation, Car Parking, Car Robot, car safety, Car Technology, car tracker, carpark information, carparking, cars, Catch Crooks with GPS, commuting, Concept Car, congestion, connected cars, disruptive model, Driverless car, Driverless Cars, driverless vehicles, drivers, driving, driving app, Future, future car, Future Technology, Futurist, Gadgets, Government, GPS, GPS Car Nav, GPS features, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Police Tracker, GPS Problems, GPS Track People, GPS Tracker, GPS Tracking, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, HAcking cars, Indoor Navigation, Innovation, Intelligent Transport Systems, Internet of Things, Internet Privacy, IoT, law enforcement, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Location Based Servces, Location Based Shorts, Luggage tracking, Map apps, mapping buildings, Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, nav apps, new cars, parking, parking apps, Police, Privacy, real time traffic, Road Tolling, Road Tolls, road trip, robots, RUC, safer driving, safer journeys, Safety app, Smart Car, Smart City, SmartPhone, Smartphones, Social Media, spy, stolen, Stolen cars, the future, top apps, Track Thieves, Tracking Apps, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, travel demand management, Travel Information, V2V
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30% of Urban Traffic is People Looking for a Car Park
I used to love Friday networking lunches in Ponsonby, Auckland. We use to meet at an Indian restaurant who gave us a great deal and there would always be new people and opportunities. The challenge was that finding a car … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Australia, Buses, Car Navigation, Car Parking, carpark information, carparking, cars, commuting, congestion, disruptive model, drivers, driving app, future car, GPS Car Nav, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, location based apps, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts
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Tagged car park, car parking, Frogparking, ParKam, traffic, Traffic congestion, Traffic jam
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You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby
I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … Continue reading →
Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, accidents, Accurate Map Tracking, aggressive driving, Apps, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, car hacking, Car Nav Caused Crash, Car Navigation, cars, cheap gps, cheating GPS, Communications, commuting, congestion, crowd sourced data, distracted driving, driver behavior, driving, driving app, earthquake, emergency, Flood, Foresight, freeway, Google maps, Google Mobile App, GPS, GPS Accuracy, GPS Car Nav, GPS Excuses, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Problems, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, HERE, Intelligent Transport Systems, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Map apps, Map data, Mobile Apps, Mobile Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, motorway, nav accident, nav apps, Nav Maps, Navigation Maps, Navman, road trip, RTTI, safer driving, safer journeys, Smart City, Technology, TomTom, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Apps, travel demand management, Travel Information, tsunami, Unusual Traffic, Urban design
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Tagged #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, alternate route, best car navigation, car navigation, detour, emergency plan, evacuation plan, fake road closure, family emergency plan, Flood, funny GPS story, Garmin, GPS, HERE, jump on the lake, rat run, rat runner, rat running, real time traffic information, road closure, RTTI, TomTom, Waze, WAZE hack
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Buying a Family House – In a Child Friendly Area
One of the reasons we buy a house is because we have or are planning to have children. We focus a lot on the house and property itself, but if you think back to your own childhood, it was very … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Australia Real Estate, bikes, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada Real Estate, driver behavior, drivers, Family, First Home Buyer, Google, Google maps, Google Satellite View, Google Street View, home, home loan, house hunting, Lifestyle, location based apps, Location Based Services, Map data, Maps, Mistakes Buying a House, Money, mortgage, Neighbors, Neighbours, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, People, Real Estate, risk, SoLoMo, The Location Guru, traffic, UK, UK Real Estate, Urban design, US Real Estate
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Tagged Antioch, Buying a home, Buying a house, buying a house in California, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, California, child friendly, child friendly area, Child Safety, cul-de-sac, family home, family house, finding a house with google, good area for kids, Google Street View, great place for kids, having children, how to find a good area for a family, kids bikes, lifelong friends, looking after kids, safe for children, safe place for kids, starting a family, swings, tips for finding a family home, trampolines, where to buy a family home
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On Neighbors, Earthquakes and Terrorism
Yesterday I read an article called What to do in a Terrorist Attack in your Neighborhood on a website called RealEstateAgent.com. I thought why would this be relevant to me? I live in a country where the only terrorism attack … Continue reading →
Posted in Apps, Auckland, Australia Real Estate, burglary, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Canada Real Estate, climate change, Crime, Crime Prevention, earthquake, Education, emergency, First Home Buyer, home, house hunting, Lifestyle, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Location Based Services, Map apps, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbourhood Crime, Neighbours, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, News, People, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, safety, Safety app, Society, taxi industry, taxis, terrorism, tsunami, UK Real Estate, United Kingdom, US Real Estate, USA
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Tagged be prepared for an emergency, blogging, Buying a home, Buying a house, buying property, Christchurch, Christchurch Earthquakes, Climate Change, Crime, crime map, Earthquake, fences between neighbors, Float Culture, Flood, gang violence, get to know neighbors, healing, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbourhood, Neighbours, pain management, Rainbow Warrior Attack, Rainbow Warrior Sinking, safe home, sensory deprivation, storm risk, storms, street violence, stress, talk to neighbors, taxi driver, Terrorism, Terrorist attack
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Why Do Real Estate Agents Take You to Houses You Don’t Want? Could it be You?
Why are you looking to buy a house? Is it an investment for the future? Are you getting married? Are you planning to have children or perhaps already have some? Are you really clear on what you want? Whether you … Continue reading →
Posted in Australia Real Estate, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada Real Estate, eBook, Education, First Home Buyer, Google Street View, grocery, home, location based apps, Location Based Education, Mobile Apps, Money, New Zealand Real Estate, property, Selling a House, The Location Guru, UK Real Estate, US Real Estate
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Tagged access to public transport, Buying a home, Buying a house, Buying a House in Australia, Buying a House in Canada, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, Buying a House in the US, buying a house wish list, buying real estate, Climate Change, cost of buying a house, ethic mix, ethnic community, floodplain, FREE eBOOK, Getting married, global warming, good schools, handyman's dream, home burglary, house feature list, House for sale, house viewing app, junk mail, local community, nearest bus stop, neighborhood, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood, noisy neighbours, open homes, planning childern, Public transport, race, Real Estate, Real Estate Ads, real estate agent, real estate apps, Real estate broker, real estate listings, Real Estate web site, realtor, rent before you buy, rent or buy?, research buying a house, rising sea level, safe neighborhood, School zone, sense of community, statistics, Stats, Uber, why buy a house?
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There’s a Facebook Stalker Waiting to Burgle Your Home
I recently wrote an article on LinkedIn about how there are criminals who prey on people who put out ‘public’ posts about cool big boys toys or other items that they own. Things like shots of the boat on a … Continue reading →
Posted in Best Practice GPS, burglary, Buying a House, car insurance, Checkins, Cool Tech, Crime, Crime Prevention, cybercrime, Facebook, First Home Buyer, Foresight, Gadgets, GPS, GPS features, GPS Maps, GPS Problems, GPS Track People, Hackers, home, insurance, insurance risk, location based apps, Location Based Services, Mobile Apps, mobile holiday apps, mobile travel apps, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood Crime, News, people tracking, Personal security, Personal tracker, photo apps, Privacy, risk, Skiing, SmartPhone, Social Media, Social Media Insight, stolen, Stolen cars, Stolen truck, Stories, theft, Tourism, Tourism apps, tourism tech, track crime, Track phone, Tracking a cellphone, Tracking criminals, tracking data, Tracking stolen property, Travel, Travel Apps, Vacation
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Tagged big boys toys, blues music, burglary, burglary after posting on social media, Check-ins, contents insurance, criminal gangs, Facebook, Facebook Checkins, facebook crime, Facebook privacy, facebook stalker, house insurance, how burglars use facebook, Insurance companies and facebook, insurance companies using facebook, organized crime, privacy settings, public posts, slide guitar, stalking, stealing to order, using facebook for crime, vacation, vacation pics on Facebook
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