Event-triggered dynamic landmark creation system and method

An event-triggered dynamic landmark creation system, comprising:

• a plurality of tracking devices, each of the tracking devices attached to one of a plurality of mobile objects and configured to wirelessly transmit information pertaining to the current time, the identification and location of the tracking device, and the status of the mobile object to which the tracking device is attached;
• and
• a management system configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the tracking devices and being operable to:
• receive the information from each of the tracking devices,
• in response to the received information concerning the occurrence of an initial event with respect to the status of a first of the mobile objects, create a non-physical dynamic landmark about the first mobile object relative to the location of a first of tracking devices attached thereto;
• and
• in response to the received information concerning the occurrence of successive subsequent events with respect to the location of a second of the tracking devices attached to a second of the mobile objects, record a visit of the second mobile object within the dynamic landmark about the location of the first mobile.