Time/Distance Data System.
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that is available through the Tremblant Adventure Center
as well as through the Tremblant Ski/Board schools. This
is the first installment of our review of the experience.
Background Info.:
To begin with, we put this topic in "Tremblant Geographic"
because, you can't get much more "Tremblant Geographic"
than a GPS based tracking system that records and archives
Mountain User data exclusively relating to Tremblant (but
of course, the Flaik benefits apply equally to any Ski Resort
with the system in place).
This system was originally intended to be used by the Kids
Ski and Board programs here so that parents would have
the re-assurance that comes from a system that's able to verify
exactly where their kids are at any given moment. As an
added benefit/value, at the end of the day parents know just how
far their children have gone, at what speed they have traveled,
and the vertical rise that they have covered.
Basically, it is a sophisticated review/progress report derived from
Time/Locational data collection generated by a GPS device attached to
an individual as they spend their day on the slopes.
Working creatively to combine GPS and Cel Phone technologies, the final
concept provides a remarkable range of contact versatility.
Flaik was founded in Australia in 2005 by its inventor, Steve Kenny.
At the time, the basic idea was a solution for 2 guys who each thought
they had covered more ground on the mountain that day, but beyond
simply bragging, or bragging about guessing, now they could verify
exactly who was actually going the distance. Eureka!
With that argument settled, the development of Flaik's potential
rapidly became serious, particularly when it came to the safety
and security of Children on the mountain. Parents traveling with
young children to a place that they may not be familiar with, then
putting them into the hands of teachers/care givers that they have
never met before has long been a concern. As traveling ski parents
that had our kids on the hill at the age of 2, we know how it is.
Flaik offers a new level of confidence for the concerns of parents
who can now clearly see a system in place where ski school supervisors
can demonstrate literally up to the second real-time locating for
each child. If a student gets separated or strays off, the system
can send out instant alerts so the wandering child can immediately
be brought back to the group.
All these functions are monitored by the Flaik trained personnel in
the ski school base who monitor the GPS tracking system by
computer mapping that is updated every 45 seconds. Moving
the cursor over any errant wayward dot on the map allows staff
to pinpoint both the identity and location so any risks are
immediately dealt with.
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Flaik device as can be seen as buckled on one leg.
The red Flaik leg band is light and does not interfere
with any aspect of you or your children's freedom or range
of motion.
Private individuals or groups that rent the system can utilize
the same benefit of being able to log on using a mobile device
or a computer to monitor the near real-time location of friends,
family or other group members.
We are going to build the content of this article as we learn
about the capacities and uses for the system. We invite your
input as well, so if you have experience with the system that
you would like to share, please accept this invitation to
contribute in this thread. Ulitimately, we will produce a feature
blog article, but in the meantime, the chat format allows for
very easy expansion and formating of information as it becomes
available.
When it comes to "...Information as it becomes available." ...
It should be noted that we expect the useful applications for
the Flaik GPS system will grow as users find new ways to
interpret or apply the raw data, so it will be a natural,
evolutionary dialogue herein, as those uses expand.
Another sample of Ski School use of Flaik GPS systems.
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