August 7, 2009 - 20:47 AMT
Sochi to introduce GPS transport monitoring satellite system elaborated by "Locator" Armenian company
Sochi is going to introduce GPS transport monitoring satellite system elaborated by "Locator" Armenian company. System transmitters will be installed in "ambulance cars". "It is planned to install transmitters in 36 cars in the near future. By the end of the year, 54 vehicles will be equipped with satellite control systems," GPSearch.Org reports, quoting the speeches made in the town's municipality.

Several experimental samples of transmitters have now been delivered to Sochi, "Locator" CJSC's General Director Arman Khachatryan told a GPSearch.Org correspondent. The client, he said, is RA Health Minister Harutyun Kushkyan, who "wanted to make a present to Sochi as a private individual."

According to Sochi's Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov the estimated price of navigation monitoring system is 15 million roubles. The Mayor finds it's still early to speak about project costs as the "packaging arrangement of the system is unclear" "In any case, the information is confidential," Khachatryan added.

"Locator" CJCS offers routing and traffic control systems which use GPS positioning system and resources of mobile connection network (GSM and GPRS). Company specialists have created a unique computer system, enabling clients to accurately determine the location, speed and direction of moving objects.

The services rendered by Armenian company are designed for enterprises interested in increasing labor discipline, lowering car park maintenance costs, improving transport services quality and ensuring transport security.