Monday, October 17, 2011

Tracking - All The Way From Talent To Vehicle Tracking

By Michelle Bosmier


The term tracking is used to refer to following the tracks or traces left behind by a given subject. Tracking in this sense has been mainly associated with hunting and is supposedly the first activity with definite scientific characteristics that prehistoric hunter-gatherers implemented.

The act of tracking does not mean simply following the tracks of the game, but also being able to observe, collect and analyze various traces of the hunted animal (scents, hairs or feathers, noises) and, by correlating those with information regarding the environment, like sounds made by other creatures or traces of disruption in the habitat, being able to predict or estimate its whereabouts or future actions.

Working as an extension of this notion, the word tracking has then been used in survey ventures for military services or data gathering activities that employed exactly the same elementary knowledge utilized in looking for game.

Tracking could also indicate to check or mark the moving route of a subject, generally through specific tools. Even if at first this was a remarkably technical undertaking that demanded the utilization of exact solutions and knowledge, such as the tracking of the path of a vessel or plane, this process is a bit more widespread at present, thanks to prevalence of Global Positioning tracking hardware and software. The production of GPS receiver units has made it relatively easy for individuals to correctly lock on the position of an item or individual at a specific moment in time and has additionally broadened the utilization of GPS technology to more common routines.

The occurrence of that technology has in addition resulted in the connection of the notion of tracking with car and truck tracking, mostly owing to the widespread usage of GPS route plotting tools for both industrial and personal uses. The ability to accumulate info on actual positions, speed and approximate times for travel for a given transport vehicle, through supplementary computer applications, has also turned this technology into a must have in vehicle tracking, be it car or truck fleet, air fleet or sea transports.

In skydiving, tracking refers to one of the basic skills needed for free-falling. The technique requires the skydiver to assume a specific body position that should facilitate horizontal movement. This technique is considered to be very important for free-fall skydivers, as it allows them to gain distance from one another before opening the parachute.




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