The use of GPS tracking and monitoring in our day to day lives can be broadly classified into the following categories:
security (e.g., securing assets, tracking the potentially dangerous individuals such as parolees), navigation (e.g., in-car navigation systems), care (e.g., assisted living for the elderly), environment (e.g., wildlife monitoring), and resource optimization (traffic monitoring, fleet management).
In addition, there is further use of GPS in the education sector.
This section reviews some of the recent work in these broad categories.