Here are listed some of the most common terms and words related to the tracking glossary:

Car monitoring & car monitor: A process that is designed to monitor your car and give you peace of mind even when it’s parked. The monitoring device will send an alert when the vehicle is moved, the engine starts, if unusual vibration is detected, or if the monitoring device is disconnected.

Car tracking & Car tracker: A system combines the use of automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with software that collects these fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations. Vehicle information can be viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or specialized software.

Family locator: A smart, effective tool to communicate and check in with one another. A family locator app makes it possible for parents to know where their children are, and for kids to stay safe while they’re out and about.

Fleet management: A function which allows companies which rely on transportation in business to remove or minimize the risks associated with vehicle investment, improving efficiency, productivity and reducing their overall transportation and staff costs, providing 100% compliance with government legislation.

Galileo system: Europe’s own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. Currently providing initial services, Galileo is interoperable with GPS and Glonass, the US and Russian global satellite navigation systems.

Geographical information system (GIS): A computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present geographic data.

GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS): Space-based satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service. It provides an Russian based alternative to GPS and is the second navigational system in operation with global coverage and of comparable precision.

Global Positioning System (GPS): Fully-functional satellite navigation system. A constellation of more than two dozen GPS satellites broadcasts precise timing signals by radio, allowing any GPS receiver to accurately determine its location.

Global System for Mobile communication (GSM): A digital mobile network that is widely used by mobile phone users most parts of the world. … GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot.

Google map: A a web mapping service developed by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets, real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for travelling by foot, car, bicycle and air, or public transportation.

GPRS: General Packet Radio Service. General Packet Radio Service is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network’s global system for mobile communications.

GPS application: An application that determines the location (in a map) and aid in its navigation and tracking.

GPS device: A device, GPS receiver, or simply GPS is a device that is capable of receiving information from GPS satellites and then to calculate the device’s geographical position.

GPS navigator: A navigation device that is capable of receiving information from location satellites and then to calculate the device’s geographical position. Using suitable software, the device may display the position on a map, and it may offer directions.

GPS personal tracker & GPS personal tracking: Provides the capacity for any individual to locate another individual, asset or item through the use of a GPS that receives location data from the Global Positioning Satellites orbiting in space.

GPS tracker: A device normally carried by a moving vehicle or person that uses the Global Positioning System to track the device’s movements and determine its location.

GPS tracking: The surveillance of location through use of the Global Positioning System (GPS ) to track the location of an entity or object remotely. The GPS tracking system technology can pinpoint longitude, latitude, ground speed, and course direction of the target.

GPS vehicle tracker: A navigation device normally carried by a moving vehicle or person that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the device’s movements and determine its location.

GPS vehicle tracking: A process where tracking device tracks the device’s movements and determine its location.

Installation: The process of how to install a tracking device in a vehicle.

Local landmark: Locally known reference points for location, prominent identifying feature of an area.

Locator: A device or system for locating something, typically by means of radio signals.

Monitoring device: A device that takes signals and displays them on a computer monitor or mobile phone.

Navigation device: A device that is capable of receiving information from GPS satellites and then to calculate the device’s geographical position. Using suitable software, the device may display the position on a map, and it may offer directions.

Navigation: A field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a people or vehicle from one place to another.

Open street map: A collaborative mapping project to create a free editable map of the world. The geodata underlying the map is considered the primary output of the project.

Short Message Service (SMS): A text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet, and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile devices to exchange short text messages.

Tracking solution & tracking system: Used for the observing of persons or objects on the move and supplying a timely ordered sequence of location data for further processing.

Tramigo Location Data (TLD): Local landmarks exclusively designed for the use of Tramigo tracking devices.

Vehicle tracker: A navigation device normally carried by a moving vehicle or person to track the device’s movements and determine its location.

Vehicle tracking & Vehicle tracking system: A system combines the use of automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with software that collects these fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations. Modern vehicle tracking systems commonly use GPS or GLONASS technology for locating the vehicle, but other types of automatic vehicle location technology can also be used. Vehicle information can be viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or specialized software.