Real-Time Geospatial Tracking

TYLER D. RAMBO, JAMES D. RISKUS, DOMINIC A. NOLT, ALEX M. TEJADA, and HARRISON LIDOSHORE

In today’s world, there are a multitude of area monitoring activities performed by a group of individuals, for example, search and rescue missions, reconnaissance work and area securitization. Although these techniques and principles have been improved on over the years, documenting the activity is often inaccurate because it relies on the memory of the individuals involved. The purpose of our research was to investigate new technologies that, when combined, would form the backbone of a web and a mobile application that work synchronously to provide surveillance over an area. As a result of our research and implementation efforts, users will be able to track in real time their individual locations and the locations of other participants on their surveillance team. Users will also able to view past event information and can share the information with others. The culmination of our research is the creation of an experience for the user that would be simple yet provide valuable information of an event.