GPS System Tracks Firefighter And Special Forces
Apr 17, 2006 gps navigation, misc news
A group of University of Florida engineering students has designed a system to locate, track and communicate with special forces troops or firefighters in remote areas where no cell towers or other communications infrastructure exist.The system allows soldiers or firefighters to pinpoint their own and their comrades’ whereabouts on digital maps displayed on handheld personal digital assistants. It can transmit this information via satellite phone, making it available to Internet-connected commanders or observers anywhere in the world. It even gives users the option of punching a panic button or sending text messages such as “need more water,” “pull me out,” or simply “help!”…
…At its most stripped-down, the system provides only location information for firefighters or soldiers to observers elsewhere. But users can add the PDAs to their FieldUnits. That gives them the capability to send messages and see their locations on road maps, terrain maps or satellite maps – whatever happens to be available for the area. In theory, FieldUnits could also add sensors, such as temperature gauges, or even cameras…
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