NG
Most of the boxes are already tracked via GPS just in case they get lost in transit so it's no gimmick - it's just taking the data and putting it online for the world to see.
How do they manage to transmit/recieve a GPS signal when they're surrounded by other metal containers?
There's a footnote on the website saying they will track the ship rather than the container is not able to deliver usable data.
noggin
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Inspector Sands posted:
Greg posted:
Chie posted:
Seems like a bit of a gimmick to me. Surely the company who own the box could just provide logs of where it's been and what it's been transporting? Why the need for GPS tracking?
Most of the boxes are already tracked via GPS just in case they get lost in transit so it's no gimmick - it's just taking the data and putting it online for the world to see.
How do they manage to transmit/recieve a GPS signal when they're surrounded by other metal containers?
There's a footnote on the website saying they will track the ship rather than the container is not able to deliver usable data.