Canine Tracking Guide

Canine Tracking Guide
Author: Don Abney
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2012-04-10
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1593786549

Canine Tracking Guide details the two most common uses of the canine nose: following blood trails for wounded game and tracking humans (from lost children and missing hikers, to escaped convicts). The author explains the concept of human scent and how the amazing canine nose functions and then elaborates on the basic training principles, commands, exercises and patterns used in tracking work. Whether a reader is working with hunting dogs, police dogs, cadaver dogs or competition dog, this guide offers the correct information needed for every tracking pursuit.

Visual Object Tracking using Deep Learning

Visual Object Tracking using Deep Learning
Author: Ashish Kumar
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000991008

This book covers the description of both conventional methods and advanced methods. In conventional methods, visual tracking techniques such as stochastic, deterministic, generative, and discriminative are discussed. The conventional techniques are further explored for multi-stage and collaborative frameworks. In advanced methods, various categories of deep learning-based trackers and correlation filter-based trackers are analyzed. The book also: Discusses potential performance metrics used for comparing the efficiency and effectiveness of various visual tracking methods. Elaborates on the salient features of deep learning trackers along with traditional trackers, wherein the handcrafted features are fused to reduce computational complexity. Illustrates various categories of correlation filter-based trackers suitable for superior and efficient performance under tedious tracking scenarios. Explores the future research directions for visual tracking by analyzing the real-time applications. The book comprehensively discusses various deep learning-based tracking architectures along with conventional tracking methods. It covers in-depth analysis of various feature extraction techniques, evaluation metrics and benchmark available for performance evaluation of tracking frameworks. The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, and information technology.

Tracker Manual

Tracker Manual
Author: Alex van den Heever
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 830
Release: 2024-03-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1775847756

Featuring all-new spoor drawings, some 200 new photographs and an extra 35 species, this fully revised and updated edition of the ever-popular Tracker Manualis packed with the latest on the art of tracking. Based on information developed by some of southern Africa’s best traditional trackers, Tracker Manual gives even more guidance on how to identify the spoor of some 190 animal species. Individual chapters cover carnivores, large mammals, antelopes, small mammals, primates, hares and rodents, amphibians and reptiles, birds and insects. Each account contains: Simple, bulleted text on key points of each animal’s tracks. Clear, accurate track drawings. Numerous informative photographs, sometimes annotated. A list of similar tracks (where applicable), to avoid misidentification. An instructive introduction describes the science of tracking and outlines what to look for in the field, while a quick-reference table compares tracks that are easily confused. This detailed and richly illustrated manual to the region’s most common animal tracks and signs will prove invaluable in the field. Sales points: Presents the tracks and signs of over 190 different animals. Written and illustrated by experts in the field. Compact, portable and easy to use. Rich in visual detail. Useful instructive introduction to tracking.

The Muscle & Might Training Tracker

The Muscle & Might Training Tracker
Author: Stuart McRobert
Publisher: C S Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Bodybuilding
ISBN: 9789963616053

A training log is essential for keeping you on track for success. No matter where you are now, the systematic organization and focus upon achieving goals that a sensible training diary enforces, will really help you to improve your physique steadily and consistently. Book jacket.

Track and Sign

Track and Sign
Author: John Rhyder
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2021-01-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0750996528

'Never have I felt so connected to the natural world than when trailing . . . The direction of the wind is noted almost subconsciously, the alarm calls of birds are obvious and the track and sign of all the other animals, even insects, crossing your trail reveal themselves. It's a strangely peaceful state where every sense seems to be stretched to the limit in a state of extreme concentration, and yet one feels completely relaxed and at peace. The whole of nature is revealed within an animal trail.' John Rhyder explores the world of British mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians through their tracks and other signs, including scat, feeding, damage to trees, dens, beds and nests, providing a fully explained and illustrated guide to the natural world around us. Following years of extensive research from one of the UK's leading wildlife trackers, Track and Sign is illustrated with line drawings and photographs, making identification in the field effective and accurate for both the complete beginner and the expert naturalist.

The 4 Disciplines of Execution

The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Author: Chris McChesney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451627068

BUSINESS STRATEGY. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution "offers the what but also how effective execution is achieved. They share numerous examples of companies that have done just that, not once, but over and over again. This is a book that every leader should read! (Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of "The Innovator s Dilemma)." Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time it finally disappeared, it s likely no one even noticed. What happened? The whirlwind of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day devoured all the time and energy you needed to invest in executing your strategy for tomorrow. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" can change all that forever.

Scout-Tracker

Scout-Tracker
Author: Troy A. Lettieri
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-12-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780982954218

Tactical tracking is not new and has been a recurring tactic that has been used in every major conflict and been most prevalent in most post World War II low-intensity conflicts and has again been rejuvenated in the American military for employment in the Global War on Terrorism. More specifically it is being used successfully in Afghanistan and Iraq to hunt down insurgents and collect valuable intelligence to penetrate, isolate and eliminate insurgent cells hiding in sanctuaries or amongst the population in plain sight. This book Scout-Tracker: Operational and Training Notes of a Special Forces Combat Tracker provides a complete primer to the skills and tactics for scouting and tracking in a counter-insurgent environment. This easy to understand and employ information has been gleamed from years of tracking training under the tutelage of some of the world's most renowned combat/tactical trackers and operational combat tracking experience from around the globe. The intent of the book is to give the warrior on today's asymmetrical battlefield one more "tool in the kit bag" to bring the fight to an elusive enemy and give the solder the necessary skill-set to enhance his overall survivability and combat capability.