The Newsmap.jp Web site is an excellent, if depressing, tool for tracking what's in the headlines.
"This database may provide a useful tool for tracking down where the animal was bred, and maybe the owner".
The Suunto X9i (about $500) has a G.P.S. tool for tracking movements and comparing them against data gathered from National Geographic and Google Earth.
As for the "indistinguishability of lies and truth," the Internet is also a formidable tool for tracking down information, precisely in the interest of distinguishing lies from truth.
Among the potential corporate applications of municipal policies, Mr. Giuliani said he envisioned the use of Compstat, the Police Department's computerized crime analysis system, as a tool for tracking corporate performance.
And though licensing is an important tool for tracking horses, the audit found that the paperwork for 57 carriage horses described different animals from year to year, though the license numbers did not change.
Minaret was initially intended for drug traffickers and terrorist suspects, but was twisted, at the request of the White House, to become a tool for tracking legitimate political activities of war protesters.
Indeed, the Internet has become the speediest tool for tracking extreme weather, argues Jesse Ferrell, founder of WeatherMatrix (weathermatrix.net), an organization of several thousand amateur and professional weather enthusiasts around the world.
With the proliferation of homing devices and navigation gadgets that use the Global Positioning System, one would expect that an entrepreneurial animal-lover would have already developed a high-tech tool for tracking lost pets.
"HistoryWired" was adapted by Martin Wattenberg from his Map of the Market, a tool for tracking the performance of more than 500 stocks at the SmartMoney Web site (www.smartmoney.com), where he is research director.
I'm publishing a pair of "Your Dot" reactions to my post on citizens' efforts to build mapped data bases as a tool for tracking the gas drilling surge in the United States.
