Tracking system and method

A tracking module arranged to:

• respond to the receipt of work data, including data indicative of a location and whether any pest was located, from a data provider logged in to an infestation tracking system by:
• updating an existing record in a database according to the received work data indicative of at least the location of an infestation or other item of interest upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process by including the received work data and automatically appending data provider data of the data provider based on the logged in account,
• creating a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process by including the received work data and automatically appending data provider data of the data provider based on the logged in account,
• determine whether any properties of interest registered by users have subscribed to an alert system are in a risk area corresponding to the updated record or the new record, based on a geographical matching process, wherein the property data of each property of interest is indicative of an address or location of the property, and
• upon determining that one or more properties are in a risk area, cause the transmission of a notification based on the updated record or the new record, the notification including details of the data provider that entered the work data, wherein the details of the data provider include at least one of a phone number, fax number, email address, physical address and website address.

A tracking method comprising:

• receiving at a tracking module work data indicative of at least the location a location and whether any pest was located from a data provider logged in to an infestation tracking system,
• updating an existing record in a database according to the received work data upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process by including the received work data and automatically appending data provider data of the data provider based on the logged in account,
• creating a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process by including the received work data and automatically appending data provider data of the data provider based on the logged in account
• receiving at the module property data related to properties of interest from users who have subscribed to an alert system, the property data of each property of interest indicative of an address of a property or location of the property, and the contact information for the user associated with the property,
• responsive to receipt of the work data, determining at the module whether any properties of interest are in a risk area corresponding to the updated record or the new record,
• upon the module determining that one or more properties are in a risk area, transmit a notification based on the updated record or the new record to the respective user using the contact information for the user associated with the property, the notification including details of the data provider that entered the work data, wherein the details of the data provider include at least one of a phone number, fax number, email address, physical address and website address.