WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
A field feasibility study compared GPS wearables and phones among people living or working near remote tropical forests. A custom wrist-worn logger offered practical advantages for battery endurance, location recording and user comfort in low-connectivity conditions, potentially enabling better measurement of where human–wildlife interfaces occur.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
The spatial distribution of actual human activity is a prerequisite for credible exposure hypotheses. Tool comfort and operational robustness may shape sampling bias as much as satellite accuracy.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
Limited feasibility testing, not evidence of actual spillover or infection. Wearable tracks do not directly observe animal presence, contact or pathogen transmission; privacy and informed consent remain essential.
SOURCE
International Journal of Health Geographics — Lim and colleagues (28 Oct 2026)
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