tracking systems
Follow movement digitally
Tracking systems are technologies or methods for monitoring the location, movement, or status of people, objects, or data over time.
GPS tracking follows vehicles or shipments.
Package tracking shows delivery progress.
Website tracking monitors user behavior.
The company installed tracking systems on its fleet vehicles.
The term covers everything from wildlife radio collars to surveillance software.
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- heatmapsColor-coded data visualizations
- geofencingGPS-defined virtual perimeter
- freightGoods being transported
- inventory managementOverseeing stored merchandise levels
RFID tags · satellite navigation · barcode scanners · remote sensing · telemetry · triangulation · cookies · bread crumbs · big brother · collar · pixel · heart rate monitors · warehousing · electronic monitoring · ankle bracelet · mapping software · QR codes · delivery routes
- anti-piracynaval patrol, naval patrols, escort mission, hostage rescue, warships
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- mail processingsorting machines, stamping, sorting, mail bags, mailbags
tracking systemsVPNs
Encrypted network connections
burner phones · anonymity · untraceability · privacy protection · counter-surveillance
tracking systemsdisorganization
Absence of systematic arrangement
tracking systemswillful ignorance
Purposely remaining uninformed
blind spots · plausible deniability · dead zones · going dark