Talk:Track and trace

Merger proposal
Track & Trace is a commonly used name for various tracking and tracing implementations (in particular related to the S10 (UPU standard)). The two articles are largely redundant with eachother.

Not sure which article should be merged into the other. "Track & Trace" certainly beats "Tracking and tracing" in the Google test, 1,220,000 results to 125,000, and is probably the term most people are familiar with, but on the other hand, "tracking and tracing" is more general. — Kwi | Talk 00:24, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree that these articles should be merged and that "Track & Trace" should be the lead article. — CClauss | Talk 12:24, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * On merger proposals from space saver maniacs: The proposal of the etymologist is not bad, but nevertheless nonsense. The track and trace service offered by postal services is one thing and the tracking and tracing in logistics and in navigation applies to technological processing, not coinciding with a service definition of the high tech postman. Keep it as it is, space is not wasted, but stupid mingling of terms prevented.Wireless friend (talk) 23:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes they should be merged into one article and should be called "Track and trace". They are close already. Rlsheehan (talk) 20:31, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The vote (and lack of other current interest) says that a merger is in order. I will accomplish.  Rlsheehan (talk) 16:19, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Rlsheehan (talk) 14:49, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Errors on page
The label for the figure is wrong - it is not an RFID tag, it is an LC resonator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.157.179 (talk) 10:32, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Difference between tracking and tracing
Don't the two words mean the same? I thought tracking was just finding out where something is and tracing following its route. But it appears that they are both used in both senses. Note that I am Dutch, so I might miss something. Oh, elsewhere I found that tracing is finding out where something has been and tracking where it is going. DirkvdM (talk) 08:29, 1 October 2020 (UTC)