I have always wondered how we could use GPS receiver embedded into the clothing of our Autistic son, so that should he stray, we could track him down. We clutch him tightly in crowded places and don't lift our eyes from him. We have also wanted to put some id or contact details on him so that some person finding him can direct our non verbal autistic son back to us .. Just in case >>
The Good news. I read someone has come up with a suitable device. The Bad news, its available currently on in the US and Canada; and even by their standards, its fairly expensive.
The device is called Amber Alert GPS , requires an initial payment for the device, and then a monthly subscription. Still a very handy device. Small and could be put into a convenient place of clothing or a carry on bag etc.
Details are available on their website.
https://www.amberalertgps.com/
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Dear Sir
ReplyDeleteA suggestion I had was using a GPS enabled mobile with GPRS data connection. The mobile could send regular updates to a online server which could plot the data on a GIS map or Google Maps. We ( I and a colleague ) had thought of this as a low cost personnel tracking application. Unfortunately it was not considered a novel idea in IIT KGP's BPlan competition. So we dropped it. But maybe it could work for this requirement. the Basic idea is to use a mobile Java application to send the GPS coordinates regularly to Web server where using Google APIs it could be plotted on a Google Maps. Hope the idea helps. Would have worked on it ourselves but busy finishing our Project as the MTech winds up
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Major Vikas Yadav