Amoutn of amortization and impairment of intangible assets.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized after the first fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of amortization expense for assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life expected to be recognized during the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16373-109275

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INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET [Abstract]
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets	$ 430,000	$ 231,000	$ 367,000
Estimated aggregate amortization of intangible assets - 2016	26,000
Estimated aggregate amortization of intangible assets - Therafter	0
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	255,000
GIS Database [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	236,000	33,500
Brand Name [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	19,000	9,500
Location Based Services and Wireless Communications Products [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets		$ 43,000
Wireless Communications Products [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 255,000