GPS Live Tracking

[AussieRoss]

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a livestock collar that allowed for live tracking (so only real outside livestock) for about 50 quid once off cost, then 10 quid a year per animail.

No charging required, but does need to see the Sun for a period of 8 hours every 10 days or so to keep it charged so only works outside.

The device should last for between 10 and 20 years (might need one 10 quid battery change every 5 years or so), and can be easily moved between livestock.

Basically, it would tell you where your livestock are every 2 hours day or night. and comes with a sim card built in.

Would only work where you have 3G/4G coverage, should work OK even if coverage is spotty.

Just not sure if something like this would be worth the 10 quid a year to know where each Animail is (or was in the last 2 hours) that I am not sure is worth the cost.

Let me know what you think please.

 

[yellowbelly]

A few years ago, when we were having a spate of sheep thefts, the police rigged us up with this gadget...

...you set a perimeter on a map and if the sheep crossed it, it rang my phone.
Great idea in principal but it never worked properly - it was always ringing up in the middle of the night indicating that it was miles away from where the sheep was laying.

We gave up with it in the end. Hopefully, technology has moved on now to make it more reliable.

To answer your question, we'd only be interested in the odd device to use for such purposes

 

[sheepdogtrail]

Would there be a app based location assistant so I could see in real time or in the past 2 hours where the tracker is and has been?

Would it use Geo Fencing?

Could I replace the battery or solar cell if needed?

Would the device carry a IP67 or better rating?

Could you do WIFI as a option to Telco? MESH would be cool.

Could you add a BT LE profile so I can capture the data off the device via a Indicator in the yard?

What would be the dimensions and weight of such a device?

I could be in.

 

[David.]

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a livestock collar that allowed for live tracking (so only real outside livestock) for about 50 quid once off cost, then 10 quid a year per animail.

No charging required, but does need to see the Sun for a period of 8 hours every 10 days or so to keep it charged so only works outside.

The device should last for between 10 and 20 years (might need one 10 quid battery change every 5 years or so), and can be easily moved between livestock.

Basically, it would tell you where your livestock are every 2 hours day or night. and comes with a sim card built in.

Would only work where you have 3G/4G coverage, should work OK even if coverage is spotty.

Just not sure if something like this would be worth the 10 quid a year to know where each Animail is (or was in the last 2 hours) that I am not sure is worth the cost.

Let me know what you think please.

Is it small enough to go on a dog collar?

 

[Flatlander]

How does this compare to apple air tags. Wife put them on a dog and if she went awol we knew where to find her.
even thought about getting the kids these for travelling in case they got taken but figured they’d get brought back by the morning

 

[dogjon]

A few years ago, when we were having a spate of sheep thefts, the police rigged us up with this gadget...

...you set a perimeter on a map and if the sheep crossed it, it rang my phone.
Great idea in principal but it never worked properly - it was always ringing up in the middle of the night indicating that it was miles away from where the sheep was laying.

We gave up with it in the end. Hopefully, technology has moved on now to make it more reliable.

To answer your question, we'd only be interested in the odd device to use for such purposes

Sounds like it was supposed to work like the Tractives we use on our lgd's. We're pretty pleased with the Tractives but every once in awhile I think someone's super duper wi-fi or something will grab them. Get an alert that your dog has just left the perimeter and traveled 5 miles across country in a matter on minutes. If you put it on live (uses more battery) it shows you where your dog really is. Updates about every 10 minutes.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Hey, Ross. Welcome to the madhouse

Sounds good, my question is how fast would it eat up the battery if NOT in a coverage area and then, if it did kill the battery that way, how long until it came back online ?

Patchy here over about 1500ha, 1000ha is fine, we would graze the lot over a 18 month period.
I would be thinking of using such a device on 20-30 breeding bulls (mainly) so they can be hidden somewhere down the back (no coverage over 99% of it) and I'd get an alert if they showed their heads on the better country, ideally would put the collar on at arrival and leave them be

Most tech is cost-prohibitive over 2500 head of beef cattle. Cheers mate