There was posting a few days ago about leaving your units unattended - it seems the technology should be coming to have some type of tracking device/chip built in the receivers that would not interfere with the unit - if your unit is stolen, tracking it to within 100 feet should be good enough to find the bad guy.:-) They have it for cars - of course, the tracking device is probably about as big as gps receiver. Dont they have implants for kids? - i want to keep tract of my 14 year old daughter:-)
> it seems the technology should be coming to have some type of tracking device/chip built in the receivers that would not interfere with the unit - if your unit is stolen, tracking it to within 100 feet should be good enough to find the bad guy
I wouldnt hold my breath. If they make it where they can find yours, they make it so you do not have to buy a replacement.:bad:
DID YOU READ POST FROM DARYL MOISTNER ON 10/21?
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AND, sir, someone would find out how to extract the information from that "extra chip" and discover that the coordinate location is 0.04' from the coordinate location reported in the survey software and place the iron pipe in the WRONG PLACE!!! LOL
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probably missed it - what did it say Mr. Jerry?
They have it for I-phones. Find my I-phone, and it will show you on a map where it is and give you lat-longs to within 20 feet of it.
You can also send a text message to it saying "You have my phone, call me to give it back or I'm turning you over to the police."
I'm not sure all the phones have GPS. There is also a location method using the cell towers and wifi addresses.
We either hide ours or leave someone there with it. $10/hour for a baby sitter is cheap compared to lost man hours working chasing some SOB that doesn't even know what he stole.
I see surveyors ALL the time leaving bases set up on the side of highways IN THE ROW and no one around. It's not even across a fence. I guess they have really good insurance.
i agree kris - baby sitting is cheap - the owner of the company i work saw a unit sitting in the right of way - he drove down the road then saw one of our trucks - he said he should have stopped and loaded up the unit. Unless we are on private property, the unit should never be left unattended - our company policy.
