Category Archives: Location Based Consultant
Will Telecommuting Become Part of Your New Normal?
Living in a country like New Zealand, you have to appreciate that there is more to life than sitting in traffic going into a city every day. The number of people that have told me over the years, that they … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Buses, Buying a House, commuting, congestion, Coronavirus, COVID19, driving, Family, Futurist, Gig Economy, health, house hunting, Lifestyle, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts, New Zealand, Pandemic, People, Public Transport, Telecommuting, Tourism, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic jam, trains, Transport
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Tagged COVID19, diesel fumes, future of work, Futurist, jobs, Lifestyle, lockdown, New Zealand, Pandemic, petrol fumes, Real Estate, remote working, rush hour, smell the traffic, Telecommuting, traffic, Traffic jam
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Location Based Shorts Ep 16 A FREE Route Optimisation trial for New Zealand deliveries, sales and service companies
Have you noticed that traffic in New Zealand cities seems to be worse at Level 1 of the COVID19 lockdown than it was even before the pandemic hit? Are you in the distribution, freight or service industries? Or perhaps you … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Business Intelligence, congestion, Coronavirus, Corvid19, Customers, drivers, Gas prices, grocery, Intelligent Transport Systems, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Location Based Shorts, Money, Motoring, motorway, New Zealand, New Zealand Maps, Pandemic, Public Transport, real time traffic, Retail, retail apps, retail survival, Route Optimisation, Route Optimization, RTTI, RUC, safer journeys, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Information, Truck Navigation, Trucks, Unusual Traffic, Work
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Tagged Auckland, bad traffic, Christchurch, COVID19, customers, deliveries, delivery, distribution, free, free service, freight, Hamilton, home delivery, New Zealand, Route optimisation, sales calls, services, Traffic jam, Waikato, Wellington
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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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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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I Bought a Two Story House, There was the Story Before I Bought the House and the Story After I Bought The House
Buyer’s remorse is the sense of regret after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a vehicle or real estate Continue reading →
Posted in Australia Real Estate, Buyers Agent, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada Real Estate, commuting, Family, First Home Buyer, home, house hunting, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Millenials, Mistakes Buying a House, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbours, New Zealand Real Estate, Paying too much for a house, People, Real Estate, real estate agent, Selling a House, The Location Guru, Traffic jam, UK, UK Real Estate, US Real Estate, USA
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Tagged 5 top mistakes people make when they are buying a house, bad neighbors, bad neighbours, Buyers Remorse, 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 property, buying real estate, Buying Real Estate in New Zealand, FOMO, how to work with a real estate agent, Mistakes Buying a House, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, NLP, real estate agent, Real estate broker, sell the sizzle, two story house
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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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STOP. Before You Buy That Business, Talk to the Neighbors
I’ve just finished the draft of an eBook called ‘5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House’ and it struck me that there are many similarities when buying or locating a business. In this case I want … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Buying a Business, Buying a House, carpark information, carparking, Collaboration, Customer Research, Education, First Home Buyer, Foresight, good books, Google maps, Google Street View, grocery, Lifestyle, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Map apps, Map data, Maps, Market Research, Marketing, parking, People, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, Restaurant, Retail, retail survival, SoLoMo, The Location Guru
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Tagged 5 top mistakes people make when they are buying a house, advice on buying a business, business location, Buying a Business, Buying a house, buying a shop, buying property, buying real estate, car-parking, Collaboration, commericial property, foot traffic, FREE eBOOK, Google Street View, gossip, Hospitality, leasing a building, Location, mistakes, mistakes buying a business, Mistakes Buying a House, Neighbors, Neighbours, Questions about buying a business, rental investment, rental property, Retail, talk to neighbors, talk to neighbours
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Traffic Jams, Telecommuting and Real Estate
Who likes traffic jams? If you do let me know on Twitter. I’m @BluesBro, I’m assuming you work for an oil company or are selling hybrid or electric cars. I was reading an article from Qaultrics yesterday about why Utah … Continue reading →
Posted in ageing, Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, congestion, driving, Electric Vehicles, First Home Buyer, freeway, Gig Economy, home, house hunting, Lifestyle, Location Based Consultant, motorway, New Zealand, News, Outdoors, People, property, Real Estate, Selling a House, Society, Telecommuting, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic jam, Transport, Travel, USA, Work
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Tagged BBB, Better Business Bureau, driving, Lifestyle, Moving to Whanganui, Qualtrics, Small Business Trends, surf, surf before work, Telecommuting, telecommuting growth, telecommuting trends, telework, traffic, Traffic jam, TVNZ News, Utah, Waiheke Island, Whanganui, Whanganui Property, Whanganui Real Estate
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