To contribute to the protection of people and property, the IT security specialist SecurStar has now developed PositionTracer for GPS-enabled mobile phones. According to the German Federal Criminal Police Office, over 1,800 children and youths are currently missing. The BKA's "missing/unknown dead" files contain more than 500 children under the age of 14 and more than 1,300 youths between 14 and 17 years. 200 to 300 new cases are added daily. SecurStar looks forward to welcoming you at CeBIT in Hanover from the 4th to the 9th of March 2008 in Hall 6, booth G51.

With this brand-new product, it is now possible to determine the location of people as well as valuables using live position tracking. SecurStar will present this new development at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, March 4-9, 2008, in Hall 6, booth G51. To increase the safety of people and property, SecurStar has developed PositionTracer for GPS-enabled mobile telephones. It enables satellite-exact live tracking - exact to a few meters - as opposed to normal mobile telephony tracking.

Often the missing are quickly found again. However, in certain cases, the missing children are never found. Tens of thousands of emergency calls are made on mobile phones daily; only a small percentage are able to indicate their exact location. This costs precious - often life- saving - time. PositionTracer functions like a mobile guardian angel for its owner and is, therefore, particularly suitable for locating children, the elderly or ill, who can use this technology to indicate emergency situations such as accidents or kidnappings by pressing a special "PANIC" button. In practice, this would work as follows: for example, if a child changes her or her regular route to school or leaves the playground, the parents will immediately be notified by a signal and can react accordingly.

PositionTracer functions like a mobile guardian angel, accompanying users through their daily routines. The software was especially developed to protect children, the elderly or those suffering from illness, employees and business people as well as vehicles, machines, boats, and so on. With this solution, current locations and movements can be easily tracked online on a map or a satellite photo in real time. Zones can be defined to trigger an alarm by e-mail, text message, messenger service, etc., whenever anyone enters or leaves the area.

At the same time, an automatic alarm signal can also ensure the security of vehicles, boats and other objects. As soon as the object leaves the defined zone, the software notifies the owner. "The deployment scenarios for our system are understandably manifold. For example, it offers concerned parents a completely new form of security for their children. It is now immediately possible to easily determine their location - without the need of expensive additional equipment. This software can save lives in an emergency," says Wilfried Hafner, Managing Director of SecurStar GmbH.

PositionTracer for GPS-enabled cellular phones is software that makes satellite-based live position tracking possible – exact to within a few meters, as opposed to normal cellular phone location determination. With this software solution, current locations and route histories can be easily tracked online on a map or satellite image in real time. Zones can be defined to trigger an alarm by e-mail, text message, messenger, etc. whenever anyone enters or leaves the area. In addition, a special "PANIC" button can be pressed to send an alarm signal together with location coordinates. Functions like these offer a great deal of protection for both people and property.