Types of Tracking Systems. How to Monitor Anything from Animals to Construction Equipment

Tracking systems have become integral to large companies' business processes and average individuals' lives. If you're lost in an unfamiliar city, you can always rely on your smartphone's GPS capabilities to find the quickest path to the railway station. For those who manage a large fleet of vehicles, the same technology can become the basis for a complex management system that tracks their assets and maximizes resource utilization. As one technology can shift forms so quickly and become either a tourist assistant or a key cog in the mechanism of a large enterprise, imagine how many possible tracking systems are out there.

The number of possible combinations of tracking devices and the ways you interpret the data you get from them result in too many types of tracking systems to name them all in one article. Instead, we'll categorize the most widely used of them to help you navigate such a diverse universe.