A system and method for acquisition management of subject position information
that utilizes radio frequency identification (RF ID) to store position information
in position tags. Tag programmers receive position information from external positioning
systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), from manual inputs, such
as keypads, or other tag programmers. The tag programmers program each position
tag with the received position information. Both the tag programmers and the position
tags can be portable or fixed. Implementations include portable tag programmers
and fixed position tags for subject position guidance, and portable tag programmers
for collection sample labeling. Other implementations include fixed tag programmers
and portable position tags for subject route recordation. Position tags can contain
other associated information such as destination address of an affixed subject
for subject routing.