Tracking Wildlife with Technology

Sharath Kumar

BANGALORE, INDIA: Since a long long time the secretive animals have been studied by man, making use of many a technique. Of course, in the beginning it was the use of the basic natural history that helped them study animals. People would watch them, follow their tracks, making interpretations etc. Those were the days of the co-existence for man and animal.

But the modern scientific research goes beyond the radio signals. It helps researchers to get more precise answers to the focused questions pertaining to habitat, migration patterns among others. And these answers can be quantitative and analytical. Also, the advancement in technology has helped scientists to do research using more non-invasive means and besides make the invasive methods safer.

GPS apps in a wild wild world

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is relatively a new technology that can be used in countless applications. With the help of GPS device one can pinpoint the exact location of an animal. Today we have a number of customized tracing products for tracking the birds, terrestrial wildlife and also marine mammals.

GPS, which is a worldwide radio-navigation system, is formed from a constellation of twenty-four satellites and their ground stations. The device uses these satellites as reference points to calculate positions accurate to a matter of meters.

What do tech vendors have to offer?

The CIOL Special on Technology in Wildlife Research and Tracking brings you a peak into the profile of various vendors

BANGALORE, INDIA: Tracking animals or birds is viewed as essential to study their habitat,movement patterns and behavior. Today, a whole range of devices are available in the market that can go with birds or animals irrespective of their sizes.