GPS monitoring
Satellite position tracking
GPS monitoring is the use of Global Positioning System technology to track a person's or object's location in real time.
Most commonly refers to court-ordered tracking of criminal offenders via ankle bracelets: He's on GPS monitoring until his trial.
Also used for fleet management, parental oversight of teen drivers, or tracking valuable assets.
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- locationPosition in space
- cell towerWireless communication transmitter
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
big brother · coordinates · geofencing · ankle · bracelet · house arrest · parole · fleet · fleet management · navigation · signal · dead zone · real-time · ping · device · tracker · movement · waypoint
- Geosciencegeophysics, seismology, geodesy, hydrology, geochemistry
- seismologyearthquake, earthquakes, seismograph, seismicity, seismometer
- bounty huntingbounty hunter, fugitive, capture, bail bond, bail bondsman
- food logisticscold chain, perishables, refrigerated trucks, fresh produce, distribution centers
GPS monitoringstakeout
Prolonged covert observation
visual observation · tailing · shadowing · visual tracking · direct observation
GPS monitoringfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
anonymity · privacy · disappearing · going dark · radio silence