tracking system
Position monitoring technology
A tracking system is any method or technology for monitoring the location or movement of people, vehicles, packages, or other objects.
GPS tracking systems follow assets in real time; inventory tracking systems monitor stock levels and movement through a supply chain.
The term extends to systems that monitor progress: The school uses a tracking system for student performance.
- package deliveryTransporting parcels to destinations
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- telemetryDistant automated data collection
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
RFID · sensors · motion sensor · GPS · geolocation · cell tower · logistics · transponder · monitoring · positioning · remote sensing · surveillance cameras · big brother · digital footprint · fleet management · distribution · detection · logging
- classificationcategory, classification, group, cataloging, grouping
- postal systempost office, mailbox, stamp, stamps, envelope
- Virtual RealityVR headsets, VR, virtual reality, virtual world, virtual environment
- solar energysolar panels, solar panel, solar farm, solar array, solar cells
- reentryreentry, reentry vehicle, reentry capsule, heat shield, ablative
- falconryfalcon, falconer, hood, gauntlet, jesses
tracking systemsnapshot
Informal photograph taken quickly
tracking systemcloaking device
Apparatus enabling invisibility
stealth technology · signal jammer · counter-surveillance · anonymizer · going dark
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