Jesse Theodore, ESRI Tel.
Users can locate people, vehicles, and other mobile assets and receive real-time traffic updates.
This technology allows dispatchers to track a vehicle from any location and see a graphical report that shows where the vehicle is, as well as what the traffic and road conditions are that surround it. Users don't have to buy additional software and hardware but simply harness the Web. ArcIMS is the backbone of this new service, providing the capability for end users to access location data over wireless devices in real time. PortaTrak is a Web-based tracking service that uses GPS and wireless data transmission to send exact location, direction, and speed of resources. This new service also has the ability to provide real-time traffic reports.