GPS trackers
Satellite positioning gadgets
GPS trackers are devices that use the Global Positioning System to determine and transmit their location.
They're attached to vehicles, packages, pets, or people to monitor movement in real time or record location history.
She put a GPS tracker in her teenager's car.
The technology serves legitimate purposes—fleet management, finding lost pets—but also enables surveillance and stalking.
- locationPosition in space
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- navigationDetermining position and course
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
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- sensors and trackerssensors, pet trackers, fitness trackers, motion sensors, heat sensors
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- conservation equipmentcamera traps, radio collars, trail cameras, hydrophones
- elder caresenior care, aged care, elderly care, gerontologist, geriatrician
- elder techfall detection, medication reminders, hearing aids, mobility aids, emergency alerts
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
GPS trackersstealth technology
Sensor-evading military engineering
cloaking devices · burner phones · disappearing · untraceable · going dark
GPS trackersdead reckoning
Position-tracking via estimated motion
celestial navigation · compass navigation · trail markers · star charts · sextants
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