We have talked about using GPS devices to navigate in your car. We have talked about how using a GPS equipped cell phone can help you find your lost cell phone. We have even talked about how easy it is to “amp up” your workouts by using GPS watches. But one of the best ways to use GPS devices is to use GPS for children in order to keep them safe.
Most parents have work schedules that are far too hectic to imagine. And when they come home the chaos does not get any better. As a result, they can sometimes not pay 100% of their attention to their child. It is in these times that children often do go wandering about and go missing (or worse, get abducted).
If the child had a GPS watch or a cell phone equipped with GPS their parents might be able to track them easier and be reunited with them very quickly. And this would help parents and the authorities find the child if the child were merely lost. But what happens if an adult with malicious intent has taken their precious little one?
Child abductors typically will seek to (more…)