Latitude Technologies

Emergency Location Safety feature introduced by Latitude Technologies

Latitude Technologies Corp. of Victoria, B.C. is pleased to announce the addition of a configurable “G” switch accelerometer to the UDG100 and S100/S200 SkyNode product lines.  The configurable 6 axis accelerometer will have basic factory settings mirroring the common aircraft emergency locator transmitter but can be customized to user defined settings.   “This new safety feature is extremely important to the future of aviation accident reporting and investigation”, stated David Thomas VP Business Development, “the combination of our Smart AFF product line with this event triggering switch technology virtually makes traditional aircraft emergency location  products redundant”.  The technology marriage allows aircraft to be tracked from take-off through customized flight profiles to the exact geographic position of a gravity triggered event.  In the event of an emergency a customized message can be sent via email through Latitude’s web based Sentinel Service to stakeholders, emergency services or any other recipient designated by the customer’s system administrator.  In addition to latitude and longitude position information the SkyNode products store up to 2 hours of high resolution data that can be used for accident cause analysis.

About Latitude Technologies

Latitude Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, is a global supplier of aeronautical voice and data equipment and services. The SkyNode^® family of products includes the smallest, lightest, most versatile and economical to operate 2-way data networking and messaging devices in the world. Latitude products are supported by the LWS Sentinel™ data reporting, messaging and flight following service.  For more information about our voice and data communications solutions and Latitude services, visit www.latitudetech.com or call 1-888-966-5599