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  2. Real-time locating system - Wikipedia

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    Real-time locating systems (RTLS), also known as real-time tracking systems, are used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time, usually within a building or other contained area.

  3. Tracking system - Wikipedia

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    A resident of Beaumont, Texas has his armband scanned as part of the tracking-system being used to identify residents using the transportation services offered by the city of Beaumont to evacuate the city in advance of Hurricane Gustav's landfall on August 31, 2008.

  4. Tracking number - Wikipedia

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    Tracking numbers are numbers assigned to packages when they are shipped. Tracking numbers are useful for knowing the location of time sensitive deliveries. It is a unique ID number or code assigned to a package or parcel.

  5. Mobile phone tracking - Wikipedia

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    An indoor location tracking map on a mobile phone. Mobile phone tracking is a process for identifying the location of a mobile phone, whether stationary or moving. . Localization may be affected by a number of technologies, such as the multilateration of radio signals between (several) cell towers of the network and the phone or by simply

  6. Electronic monitoring in the United States - Wikipedia

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    GPS-based tracking system used for some individuals released from prison, jail or immigrant detention. According to a survey distributed by The Pew Charitable Trusts in December 2015, "the number of accused and convicted criminal offenders in the United States who are supervised with ankle monitors and other GPS-system electronic tracking devices rose nearly 140 percent over 10 years ...

  7. Astronomers thought Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster was an ... - AOL

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    Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

  8. Searchers in Alaska scour frozen tundra and icy seas for ...

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    Searchers flew over stretches of ice-covered seas and scoured miles of frozen tundra Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people in western Alaska just south of the ...

  9. History of wildlife tracking technology - Wikipedia

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    The history of wildlife tracking technology involves the evolution of technologies that have been used to monitor, track, and locate many different types of wildlife. Many individuals have an interest in tracking wildlife, including biologists, scientific researchers, and conservationists.