For the past week I've been tracking my girlfriend through her mobile phone. I can see exactly where she is, at any time of day or night, within 150 yards, as long as her phone is on. It has been very interesting to find out about her day. Now I'm going to tell you how I did it.
R00k wrote:You can't trust your engineers to tell you where they are? lol
You'd be suprised how many engineers I get in the bar during the day sat there with a pint telling the boss over the phone that they are late for a job because they 'have broken down on the A19'...
I agree that this kind of stuff isn't new, but perhaps its just being made more accessible for normal people. Can be a bit daunting though, thinking someones monitoring your exact location.
R00k wrote:You can't trust your engineers to tell you where they are? lol
It’s all about asset management and active response, momo
Good point actually. I had forgotten that you have the kind of business where you have to know which of your guys is closest to a location when you get a call - like a cab company.
This would definitely be useful for that kind of situation. I just think there need to be a lot stronger safeguards in place to keep it from being abused.
