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Animal Tracking and Gps System 9056 CAB79o8
Animal Tracking and Gps System 9056 CAB79o8
GPS
Presented by
M.Lalith
Cse-4B
18841A0586
Contents
1.What is animal tracking
2.Before radio-telemetry
3.Basic components of a radio-tracking system
4.Tracking method
5.VHF tracking
6.Satellite
7.Gps and animal tracking
8.Advances in tracking method
•Using radio tags to study the physiology, behavior, and demography of
animals
•Telemetry- the transmission of information through the atmosphere
usually by radio waves
•Before radio-tracking, the study of animal movements depended on
live-trapping and tagging animals and then hoping to recapture them
somewhere else
• Biased results
1. A transmitting subsystem consisting of a radio transmitter,
a power source and a propagating antenna
2. A receiving subsystem including a "pick-up" antenna, a
signal receiver with reception indicator (speaker and/or
display) and a power source.
an animal.
Usage Types:
•store the data and drop off the animal when expired to
• GPS transmitters powered by solar cells are now available for birds
Condor
• Necks, large ears, or horns/antlers
•Expandable collars allowing for growth of young animals have also been applied
successfully to mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, white-tailed deer fawns
Vulture chick
Transmitter-fitted have been placed in penguin nests for remote activation to
capture the birds
Snake has been fitted with the internal transmitter
Tracking system
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