PUBLIC URBAN LOCATOR SERVICE (PULSE) - BACKGROUND AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - WASHINGTON, DC, OCTOBER 24, 1968

• NCJ Number: 13600
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 466 pages
• Contract Number(s): H-1030
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
• Corporate Author: Institute of Public Admin; Teknekron, Inc
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PULSE IS A HUD URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DC-D6-1

Annotation

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN VEHICLE REAL TIME LOCATOR SERVICE.

Abstract

PULSE REPRESENTS A NEW TYPE OF URBAN INSTITUTION WHEREBY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS (SUCH AS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, TAXI COMPANIES, TRANSIT COMPANIES, POST OFFICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES, AND OTHER URBAN ENTITIES) ARE ABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCATE MOVING OBJECTS ANYWHERE IN THE URBAN AREA AND HAVE THEIR POSITIONS REPORTED TO A CENTRAL POINT. URBAN ORGANIZATIONS WOULD RENT TIME ON THE PULSE SYSTEM TO LOCATE THEIR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, GOODS, ETC., WITH THE FREQUENCY AND ACCURACY WHICH WOULD BEST ENHANCE THEIR OPERATIONS. THE PULSE SYSTEM, SHARED BY ALL PERSONS CAPABLE OF BENEFITING FROM A LOCATOR SERVICE, WILL BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CITIES AND WILL MOST EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE A VALUABLE PUBLIC RESOURCE -- THE RADIO SPECTRUM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)