News

2010

Google thanks GPS Police

Click here to watch Google thank GPS Police on YouTube. December

 

Buildex Calgary 2010 Expo

Come see us at booth 430 at the Calgary Buildex and Chipex West tradeshows. You can learn why we are the number one fleet management solution in Canada. November

 

HQ

The tracking system we developed and maintained has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. Some new features are: Dispatch — Allowing office dispatch to communicate seamlessly with drivers. Maintenance — Makes understanding and controlling maintenance on hundreds of vehicles easy. September

 

Buildex Vancouver 2010 Expo

The Buildex Vancouver 2010 Expo was a lot of fun for us since we met with our customers old and new. A special thanks goes out to event organizers (MMPI Canada) who awarded us with "Best Exhibit Finalist" for our in-house engineered exhibit. April

 

Buildex Edmonton 2010 Expo

Our presence at the Buildex Expo was a great opportunity to meet with our customers in Edmonton and show them all the new features of our tracking system upgrades in recent months. March

2009

Lower Airtime rates available

We've made available lower Airtime rates when purchased in 3 month blocks. See current prices on the Products page or call for details (877) 411-1110. December

 

Buy-back program available

GPS Police has made available a program in which customers can switch from another GPS tracking vendor to GPS Police at no cost - over the course of a year. Download or call for details (877) 411-1110. November

 

GPS Police has moved!

Visit us at our new office which is much more conveniently located at:
Suite 700, One Executive Place
1816 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary, AB T2M 3Y7
October

 

Lifetime Warranty

We've made LINK even better by a lifetime warranty being available. Download the warranty information here and see how you can make your LINK last forever! or call for details (877) 411-1110. September

 

Financing available

We've made LINK more affordable for large companies. Download our financing information here and see how you can buy, rent or lease LINK in order to best match your companies needs. or call for details (877) 411-1110. August

 

USA location opened

GPS Police now has a distribution centre in McPherson, Kansas to better serve its customers located in the United States. Sales & Technical Support are still dispatched out of the head office in Calgary, Alberta. April

 

Installers list for North America

We have published our Installer database of over 200 capable installers of GPS Tracking equipment. Zoom into your location on the map and see the name, phone number, contact, of the available installers nearest you. Visit the Installers page for details and installer location map. January

2008

Lower rates available on Airtime

No Contracts, Flat-rate, Unlimited usage Airtime just got better. You can now get even better rates by purchasing prepaid Airtime in bulk to save a bundle. Contact GPS Police customer service for more information. (403) 250-1111 July

 

New product for trailers - zeroLINK

Introducing zeroLINK, a product designed specifically for enclosed trailers. CAD $25 (USD $20) per month for unlimited tracking and web access. Visit the Products page for details. March

2007

New lower pricing on miniLINK airtime

We are pleased to announce better rates for miniLINK airtime. CAD $35 (USD $30) per month for unlimited tracking and web access. Visit the Products page for details. September

 

Stolen truck tracked and recovered by customer in 30 minutes

One GPS Police customer in Calgary tracks and quickly recovers a stolen company truck in about half an hour thanks to LINK real-time tracking. Watch the Global News broadcast. August

 

Introducing zeroLINK

We are pleased to announce the immediately availability of zeroLINK, a reliable, affordable, real-time tracking solutions designed for rental and leasing companies. July

 

Driving Directions

Now get optimal Driving Directions, distance and time from any vehicle location, current or historical. Just click the vehicle marker, click Directions, enter a destination address, and click Show. June

 

Improved Landmarks

Landmarks can now be quickly added from the Map page. Just click a vehicle marker, click Add Landmark, enter a name, choose a colour, and click Save. May

 

New reports

Introducing new Trips and Speeding reports for proLINK and miniLINK. April

 

Free ATS, LSD, GPS and UTM mapper

We are happy to provide a free ATS/LSD mapper that also displays UTM coordinates—available to everyone at www.baseloc.com March

 

LSD mapping and addressing

All LINKs in Alberta can now report their location in three formats: ATS/LSD, GPS, and UTM. This means you can view the section and legal subdivision wherever your vehicles are. February

2006

LINK in stolen truck leads RCMP to chop shop

As broadcast on CTV News and reported on in the Edmonton Journal, one of our customers tracks his stolen truck to a chop shop in a remote area. Directing RCMP cruisers to its location, arrests are made and our customer recovers his truck within a few hours. Watch the CTV broadcasts. Read the Edmonton Journal story, web or print version. December

 

Moving

In order to better serve customers and increase network capacity, we are moving our development and production office into a larger facility. Fortunately for existing customers, we do not anticipate this move causing any significant server downtime. November

 

Coming soon...

GPS Police and Baseloc have been working hard on its next-generation GPS vehicle tracking system. We are scheduling release for Dec 1, 2006. Key new features include: Live tracking and flat-rate airtime plans. October

 

BaseLoc

GPS Police has formed a new software division called BaseLoc. BaseLoc develops high-performance AVL server software—including the web AVL platform that powers HQ, the GPS Police vehicle tracking web site. www.baseloc.com August

 

Server upgrades

As part ongoing hardware optimization, HQ has been tuned for better performance for customers with fleets of 250+ vehicles. March

 

New feature: Landmarks

HQ 1.5 (free automatic update for all customers) now includes Landmarks. Better than basic Geofences, Landmarks lets you tag an unlimited number of named, colour-coded locations (Landmarks), which you can easily report on and use for instant notification. The Landmarks report even lets you retroactively see where vehicles were (stops, duration) in relation to these custom tagged areas. February

 

We're moving

As a result of rapid growth, we are moving our development and production office from Bay 31 to Bay 25. Greater space will facilitate faster production and quicker service. January

2005

New Training Center

This month we are opening a training center and demonstration showroom inside the Gunnar building (Calgary). December

 

HQ learns to speak XML

HQ can now be integrated into other third-party and back-end operations software with our XML feed. Contact GPS Police Technical Services for more details. support@gpspolice.net November

 

New feature: Fuel economy reports

HQ 1.4 now allows you to view the estimated fuel consumption for any vehicle for the month, based on its city/highway mileage. This is handy for verifying submitted fuel expenses and getting fuel tax rebates on qualified roads. October

 

Track your vehicles in 3D

HQ 1.2 now offers seamless integration with Google Earth via real-time network links. Which means that all customers may now track their vehicles, and view historical activity, within Google Earth. This feature is a free, automatic upgrade for all existing customers. June

 

HQ 1.1

Today we are announcing major performance improvements to HQ, our vehicle tracking and fleet management web site. As a result of extensive server upgrades and database optimization, mapping and reporting are much faster. For example, for fleets with 100+ vehicles, HQ will generate 400-500% faster. March

2004

Transport companies choose LINK

We are pleased to announce excellent sales of LINK to transportation companies in the eastern United States. With improved security and productivity features, we anticipate sales growth in transportation and construction industries to continue. December

 

Reciprocal Linking

Construction Directory Directions Magazine November

 

LINK for construction

With theft of trailers and heavy equipment increasing, GPS Police begins selling LINK to construction companies in western Canada. October

 

Network certification

We are pleased to announce that our Network Operations Center (NOC) has been certified for wireless communications and telematics applications. September

 

Beta

July marks the beginning of the North American-wide beta test of our LINK, our web-based vehicle tracking system. July

 

Introducing GPS Police

GPS Police opens for business. June

2003

Research and development

We begin working on a simple to use, web-based vehicle tracking system. November