Oh man, it’s that time of year again. When folks are out on unfamiliar road braving the winter weather in hopes of seeing their families for the holidays. While that sounds lovely for the families involved, the rest of us are often forced to watch from the next lane, white-knuckling our steering wheels, as distracted and ill-prepared drivers make our commutes a bit more interesting.

So your dream is to start a food truck business. Food aficionados thank you and your industrial spirit! The world needs more fun and delicious ways to enjoy life. But, like any business, the food truck industry requires extensive research and a solid business plan to get started. Here’s how GPS tracking technology can help focus your business goals and keep track of your assets, allowing your business to flourish and grow.

Data control is beneficial for protecting your company’s digital assets. By limiting access to your data collecting systems to only those that require it, you can reduce the exposure of the information and in doing so decrease the risk of hackers breaking into your system. Take the disgruntled Texan from before.

Most people associate GPS technology with avid hikers, military operations, or—perhaps more commonly—as a built-in phone app for directions to that place you can never quite remember how to get to. What most people don’t realize is that GPS technology is being used to save lives around the world, from monitoring the positions of airplanes and trains to prevent crashes, to locating kidnapped children or lost hikers. The following are a few ways GPS tracking technology saves lives around the world.

Ever hear of the “doorway effect”? It’s what happens when you walk through a door and forget what you were saying, doing, and even why you passed through the doorway in the first place. You’ll be heading for the kitchen with every intention of making yourself a peanut butter sandwich, get there, completely blank on your purpose for being there, and confusedly resign yourself to a dinner of leftover rice and ranch dressing. All thanks to the doorway effect.