# Tracking

Tracking may refer to:

## Science and technology
### Computing

* Tracking, in computer graphics, in match moving (insertion of graphics into footage)
* Tracking, composing music with music tracker software
* Eye tracking, measuring the position of the eye relative to the head
* Finger tracking, measuring the positions of the fingers
* Optical motion tracking, or motion capture, recording the precise movements of objects or people
* Position tracking, monitoring the location of a mechanical system in real-time by counting pulses; see Incremental encoder § Position tracking
* Positional tracking, an essential component of augmented reality
* Video tracking, locating an object in each frame of a video sequence
* Mobile phone tracking, monitoring the physical location of a mobile phone
* Internet tracking, analyzing online activity
* Web visitor tracking, the analysis of visitor behavior on a website
* Sleep tracking, monitoring sleeping experience (deep, REM, duration etc.)

### Life sciences

* Animal migration tracking, performed by attaching a tag to an animal
* Tracking (hunting), to learn about the ecology of an area
* Environmental tracking, a concept developed by the Environmental Investment Organisation to monitor climate change

### Logistics

* Tracking (commercial airline flight), the means of tracking civil airline flights in real time
* Package tracking, or package logging, the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post
* Track and trace, a process of determining the current and past locations and other status of property in transit
* Asset tracking, which provides status of objects of an inventory or mobile stock
* Vehicle tracking system uses GPS to find out about movement and/or location of cars, trucks, and/or other vehicles

### Other uses in science and technology

* Tracking (particle physics), measuring the direction and magnitude of the momenta of charged particles
* Tracking, a process of degradation in which tree-like carbonized patterns (electrical treeing) appear on an insulator
* Tracking or Toe (automotive), the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the long axis of a vehicle
* Video tape tracking, alignment of the magnetic tape of a video recorder with the read head
* Tracking, combining individual radar detections with a radar tracker
* Tracking system, various methods used to monitor moving persons or objects, often remotely
* Tracking transmitter, a device that broadcasts a radio signal that can be detected by a directional antenna
* Target and missile tracking, elements of Go-Onto-Target systems in missile guidance
* Tracking is also used, euphemistically, for surveillance or mass surveillance
* Multitrack recording, a term commonly shortened to "tracking"

## Arts and entertainment

* Tracking (documentary), a 1994 documentary about the band Phish
* Tracking (novel), a three-part work by David R. Palmer
* Tracking shot, a filming technique also known as a dolly shot

## Sports

* Tracking (dog), the act of a dog following a scent trail
* Tracking (freeflying), in skydiving, the technique of moving horizontally while in freefall
* Tracking (hunting), the art of learning about a place via animal trails and other environmental evidence
* Tracking trial, a dog competition

## Other uses

* Tracking (education), separating children into classes according to academic ability
* Tracking (scouting), a scouting activity focused on observation, stalking, and following a trail
* Tracking, typographers' term for letter-spacing, uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between all letters in a block of text
* Tracking, matching or comparing the performance of a financial portfolio to a stock market index