The next time you see Yogi Bear, he might have a GPS device attached to his collar instead of a tie. Biologists in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee are using satellite tracking to keep tabs on “nuisance” black bears that frequent the campgrounds and picnic areas.

Law enforcement communities around the United States have adapted GPS technology for a variety of purposes, from tracking credit card skimmers to “sabotaging” stolen bags of money. Now a police department in England has followed suit with a plan that involves using GPS devices to track violent individuals convicted of domestic abuse.

Smuggling valuables across the jungles of Africa sounds like the stuff of an adventure movie, but the reality is deeply troubling. An investigative journalist recently used modern GPS technology to shed light on this age-old practice.

Is there anything worse than ordering a pizza and waiting helplessly for its arrival as you grow hungrier by the minute? Pizza delivery giant Domino’s is giving customers a way to follow an order’s path using GPS tracking.

For years, the classic slogan of Greyhound urged Americans to “Leave the driving to us!” As the bus transportation company moves to incorporate technology for a more personalized traveling experience, passengers will now be able to track their location and estimated arrival time with phones, tablets and laptops.

The Buy Here Pay Here industry dates back to the savings and loan crisis of the early 1970s as a way for auto dealers to accommodate customers who were increasingly unable to obtain conventional credit. Nearly 50 years later, the industry has been revolutionized by the use of GPS tracking devices.

Legitimate taxing activity or Big Brother-style invasion of privacy? The concept of drivers paying a per-mile tax calculated via GPS tracking is drawing the ire of critics who see it as a double-whammy against personal freedom.