GPS beacon
Satellite location sender
A GPS beacon is a device that transmits its geographic coordinates, allowing it to be tracked remotely.
Beacons may be attached to vehicles, cargo, or people for monitoring location in real time or at intervals: The hikers carried a GPS beacon in case of emergency.
Some activate automatically when triggered by impact or water immersion, used in aviation and maritime safety.
- trackerOne who follows trails
- locatorThing that finds position
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- satellite trackingMonitoring orbiting objects' positions
- signalMessage-conveying cue
ping · transmitter · rescue · search and rescue · coordinates · emergency · distress signal · mayday call · navigation · wilderness · off the grid · lost · lost hiker · search · homing · device · frequency · pulse
- distress signalsdistress signal, distress flare, signal flare, flare, flare gun
- GPS devicesGarmin, TomTom, Magellan
- sea survivallife jacket, life raft, lifeboat, life ring, flotation device
- polar gearice axe, crampons, crampon, ice drill, ice auger
GPS beaconGPS jammer
Blocks satellite navigation signals
Faraday cage · stealth technology · cloaking device · untraceable · invisibility cloak
GPS beaconpaper map
Printed geographic reference
compass · sextant · dead reckoning · celestial navigation · landmarks
GPS beaconsignal jammer
Broadcasts interference to block signals
GPS receiver · radio silence · listening device · black hole · scanner