GSE Blog: Best of 2020 and Things to Come in 2021
Every year, we like to take a look at the things we published in the previous year and get an idea of what kind of content everyone wants to see more of. This year, we had a pretty solid flow of articles, case studies, and new web content for everyone to consume from the comfort of their home offices. Your feedback...
Oil and Gas Solutions Series (OGSS): Introduction
GSE will roll out a new blog series with a focus on how satellite communications can improve safety, productivity, and the bottom line of onshore oil and gas operations. There are countless companies, both here in the US and around the globe, providing oil and gas...
Monitor. Manage. Maximize.
GSatTrack is an incredibly powerful telematics visualization platform, and its reputation in the industry is beginning to precede any conversations we have with potential clients. While that is very exciting for us, it is also an opportunity to...
Your Clients. Our Solutions. Perfect Match.
The most frequent call I receive on a daily basis is one where someone asks me how much it costs to track something. Inexplicably, with a stress filled intensity, the person on the other end will rattle off that GSE was the first company listed for tracking in a Google search, or that they found a bid online...
Snow Removal Management
Winter is creeping its way upon us, and brings with it snow in 70% of the United States. Snow depth measuring is a very analog process involving no more than a snow stake in the ground and someone to read it via camera or in person. In theory that’s a solid way to gauge the snow, but in reality, there are...
GSatTrack How to Series: Fuel Consumption Report
Scott helps us understand how Fuel Consumption Reporting can assist managers and fleet coordinators connect the dots between asset usage and fuel costs.
GSatTrack How to Series: Generate Asset Movement Report
Scott walks us through the Asset Movement Reports feature, which helps Asset managers quickly identify which Assets in the ecosystem are in motion, or which are stationary.
GSatTrack How to Series: Asset Location Reports
Scott walks us through the Asset Location Report feature, which provides a snapshot of the most recently reported positions of all assets in the portal.
GSatTrack How to Series: Emergency Contacts and I/O Mapping Templates
Scott explains how emergency contacts work with I/O mapping templates to ensure GSatTrack is sending notifications when SOS procedures are initiated by devices in the field.
Snow Season Telematics
Every year, snowfall accumulates on over 3 million acres of North America, covering nearly 70% of its population in snow. The effects of this precipitation impact the US with nearly 76,000 people injured in traffic accidents each year. In Canada, 30% of all automobile accidents are specifically attributed to...
GSatTrack How to Series: Map Mode Indicator
Scott explains recent changes to the Map Mode Indicator, which allows users to control the viewing experience and switch between Live Mode and History Modes for any map view.
GSatTrack How to Series: Improved Shared Views
New Shared Views make it easier to share your data!
GSatTrack How to Series: Scheduling Reports
Automate the running and sending of reports by creating a custom schedule.
GSatTrack Changes
GSatTrack saw two major updates go live in the past week, both of which were aimed directly at making things easier for all GSatTrack users. We made some major changes to the Navigation Panel and to the way users view Assets in the portal. Next, we noticed that the Shared Views feature was...
GSatTrack How to Series: Generate Alert Summary Report
Scott walks us through Alert Summary Reports, which provide managers with an easily viewable list of the Alerts generated by selected Assets over a designated time frame.
GSatTrack How to Series: Generating Activity Reports
Scott walks us through the process of generating an activity report, which can be used in the portal or exported for your convenience.
SitRep: Delivered
Every 15 minutes, you can look up into the sky from anywhere on earth and if you have great eyesight or a telescope, chances are you will see a tiny moving dot in the sky - no it’s not a bird, not a plane, not Superman, but it could be an Iridium Satellite orbiting across the globe.
Iridium is...
Juggernaut Battle Incoming: Starlink vs. Kuiper
Joining SpaceX in the race to establish a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Amazon announced on Thursday, 30 July, 2020 that the company would be investing $10 Billion in Project Kuiper, a new...
GSatTrack How to Series: Acknowledging Alerts
Alerts are a great tool for monitoring your Asset ecosystem, and there is an option to turn on Alert Acknowledgement. Scott walks us through what the Acknowledgement process looks like.
GSatTrack How to Series: Add WMS Feed Map Layers
Scott walks us through the process of adding custom WMS feeds to enhance users' ability to interact with their ecosystem by viewing it with external data overlaid on the map interface.