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In China, it has been reported that in order to decrease the number of incidents of government cars being used inappropriately Chinese officials are currently utilising GPS technology to combat such negative figures. This comes from Songyang county.
The Chinese county will be installing a series of sat navs in official vehicles in an effort to cut the instances in which these are misused for non-professional purposes, according to data from The People's Daily, reported by Eeo.com.
Li Tinggui, director of Guangzhou's City Urban Administrative & Law Enforcement Bureau, stated: "With the GPS systems installed, you can still go to the place you should go, but you can't go where you're not supposed to go, there's no question of it being inconvenient."
Meanwhile, Wales Online has reported that web users can now explore integral moments in the history of Wales via new GPS tools. The People's Collection Wales website enables visitors to travel through the country's landscape and watch interactive pieces of history, with the National Museum of Wales also enhancing its features. The history of Wales can now be enjoyed through GPS technology.
Web users can now watch key moments in the history of Wales unfold on their computer screens, thanks to newGPS technology. Those that visit the GPS-enabled People's Collection Wales website can travel through the landscape of the country and view interactive artefacts as well as significant locations, according to Wales Online.
The website is set to expand over time, with more and more citizens contributing with their own personal collections of Welsh history. Also, organisations such as the National Museum of Wales have played a role in the site's features.
This news comes after SurferToday.com reported that GPS tools are being used in the ASP World Tour event. Entrants in the competition are equipped with a GPS device that assesses their speed levels on every individual wave that they ride.
Pro surfer Bede Durbidge told the website: "It's going to be great for the spectators to add that excitement factor." GPS tools are being actively used in professional surfing competitions and GPS technologyas a whole is set to become a key part of professional surfing contests, it has been claimed.
For the first time, surfers participating in the ASP World Tour will be equipped with a new GPS device that examines their speed levels on each individual wave that they approach, according to SurferToday.com.
Pro surfer Bede Durbidge told the website: "It's going to be great for the spectators to add that excitement factor. It'll blow people out how much work surfers are doing in their heat and how fast their going through their bottom and top turns and in the air."
Earlier this month, SportsFeatures.com reported that GPS tools are being used in the Asian Winter Games. Tracking devices have been installed in the clothing of skiers who partake in the Kazakhstan competition's orienteering events, where their movements are monitored in order to achieve a more detailed assessment of their abilities.
