Truly global tracking devices

The Yellowbrick Adventure Tracker is a well-proven, self-contained, fully-automatic satellite tracking device. It will accurately report its position from anywhere on Earth, including polar, ocean and desert regions. It is lightweight, waterproof and built to withstand extreme environments.

Yellowbrick improves media relations and generates public interest in remote events. Originally designed for Adventure Racing, it has applications in yacht racing, trekking, cycling, skiing, polar expeditions, mountaineering, gliding and many other activities that take place in areas where communications are challenging. Yellowbrick's alert feature complements existing safety procedures, allowing teams to rapidly notify organisers of a problem.
Yellowbrick is available to rent for individual or event use. Our pricing is fully inclusive of satellite fees and access to our online tracking systems.

How Yellowbrick Works

The Yellowbrick tracker is a rugged and fully self-contained battery operated tracker which works anywhere on Earth.

The tracker will wake up every so often (e.g. every 15 minutes), obtain a position using the GPS satellite network, and then transmit that position back to Yellowbrick HQ using the Iridium satellite network in seconds. The message is relayed to us from Iridium, and then we visualize the positions on an easy-to-use web-based viewer.

Iridium is the only satellite network that allows transmission of information from any point on Earth – other networks have no coverage in the polar regions, and have intermittent or no coverage in other marine and land areas.

Iridium has 66 satellites in orbit around the Earth, allowing coverage anywhere on Earth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.No other satellite network has truly global coverage.Messages sent via Iridium take just seconds to reach Yellowbrick HQ. Depending how often the Yellowbrick is set to transmit, they can last for up to 300 days on their internal battery.

Diagram of how the Yellowbrick works

Example (screenshot) of online map, showing history and last position report
(a real online map is interactive, and can be panned, zoomed and clicked upon)