Travel Bug — A Travel Bug is a registered trademark of Groundspeak, Inc. used to describe a dogtag used in Geocaching. It is moved from cache to cache, and its travels can be logged on the geocaching website (www.geocaching.com). Each travel bug tag is… … Wikipedia
Tracking animal migration — For years scientists have been tracking animals and the ways they migrate. Many have done this for research, some have done this to help animals and monitor them. Technologies for tracking In the fall of 1803, American Naturalist John James… … Wikipedia
Travel journal — A travel journal, also called road journal or travelogue, is a record made by a voyager. Generally in diary form, a travel journal contains descriptions of the traveler s experiences, is normally written during the course of the journey, intended … Wikipedia
Tracking the Serpent: Journeys to Four Continents — by Janine Pommy Vega (1997) Janine Pommy Vega’s work has received scant critical attention, despite the fact that she has published roughly a dozen books since her first work, poems to fernando, appeared in 1968. What makes this omission even… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
tracking — n. following, pursuing, hunting; (in typography) technique of setting a pair of letters closer together than is usual by reducing the space between them, kerning træk n. lane, path; signs, trails; mark or lines left by a car or person or animal; … English contemporary dictionary
Vehicle tracking system — A vehicle tracking system combines the installation of an electronic device in a vehicle, or fleet of vehicles, with purpose designed computer software at least at one operational base to enable the owner or a third party to track the vehicle s… … Wikipedia
World Travel Monitor — The World Travel Monitor® (WTM) / European Travel Monitor® (ETM) is a worldwide tourism information system detailing the foreign (outbound) travel behavior practiced by a country’s respective resident population. Origins / Objective The European… … Wikipedia
Business travel — Business travel, or travel management as it is often referred to, is on the rise especially with foreign business markets opening up. Business travel is generally accepted as being a corporation s 3rd or 4th biggest expense after staffing, rent… … Wikipedia
Real-time locating — Articleissues confusing=July 2008 refimprove=May 2008 essay=May 2008: This page specifically concerns operational aspects of RTLS. For methodology issues see locating engine. For technology issues see wireless. According to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC31 and… … Wikipedia
Radio-frequency identification — (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. Some RFID tags can be read from… … Wikipedia
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium