GPS Monitoring System Developed In Armenia To Be Implemented In Soch

GPS MONITORING SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN ARMENIA TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN SOCHI

/ARKA/
August 10, 2009
YEREVAN

GPS satellite monitoring, developed by the Armenian Locator company,
will be implemented in Sochi.

The sensor will have the "ambulance" carriage, GPSearch.Org said with
the reference to the administration of city-resort.

"In the near future, sensors of the GPS systems will be installed on
the 36 carriages. By the end of this year, the remaining 54 will also
come under the control of the satellite," the administration noted.

Currently, Sochi has a few test samples of the sensors, the
GPSearch.Org Director General of CJSC Locator Arman Khachatryan
announced on Friday.

According to him, the client was the Minister of Health of Armenia
Harutyun Kushkyan who decided to present a gift to Sochi as a physical
entity.

The Interfax agecy, which refers to the words of the Mayor of Sochi
Anatoly Pakhomov, states that the cost of the navigation-monitoring
system is estimated at 15 million rubles.

However, according to Arman Khachatryan, it is too early to talk about
the cost of the project, because the configuration of the system is
not clear."

"In any case, the information is private", Khachatrian added.

In June, Sochi has begun to operate the Center for Space Services
Ruscosmos, the first stage of which was the control center of GPS /
GLONASS transport monitoring On the basis of the center this year
unified dispatching center of satellite GLONASS / GPS transport system
for monitoring the Olympic Games is to be deployed.

It can continuously monitor the location and the condition of more
than 5 thousand vehicles, as well as interaction with other call
centers of satellite monitoring in the Sochi region.

CJSC Locator offers a system of routing and dispatching transport
that uses GPS positioning system and the resources of networks of
cellular communication (GSM GPRS).

Specialists of the company created a unique computer system that
allows determining the location, speed and direction of movement of
objects with high accuracy and in a convenient way.

Services provided by the company are intended for businesses interested
in improving labor discipline, reducing the cost of maintaining the
fleet, improving the quality of transport services and improving the
transport safety.