A top down (GPS satellite) bottom up (embedded cellular transceiver) solution to a Personal Location Service (PLS)... Where is my child... did my Alzheimer afflicted parent get lost...how far and how fast did I jog today? The answers to these and other moving questions are the service provided by the creator of the first truly Smart Shoe GPS tracking device. It not only knows where it is, it knows how fast, far, when and how high it was — Better still it remembers all of that and let's you see the secure data in real time on a Google map from a Smart Phone or PDA. It's an incredibly complex technology, but if you can tie a shoe lace, you too will one day "Maxwell" with your own GPS Smart Shoe.
The Discovery Channel and The CBS Early Show learned of this innovative device — transforming GPS tracking into a Personal Location service (PLS). GTX Corp develops miniaturized GPS and cellular location-transmitting applications for integration into branded consumer products. The company doesn't make sneakers — it makes them trackable. See how the patented PLS gpVector™ technology works — Watch the videos for an amazing demonstration of the GPS Smart Shoe.
Using Google Maps API Premier GTX Corp created a 24/7 monitoring portal to track its enabled devices. Accessible via the internet, mobile phones, PDA's and other devices using the AT&T Wireless service, the personalized and secure portal pages provide the whereabouts of users in real time as well as a history of the device's locations. In addition to locate data the portal displays bearing, speed, altitude and battery life. A GeoFence can be set up on the personal portal to deliver proactive alerts via text message or e-mail if the device breaches a pre-defined geography visible on the Google map.
