Question

What is the difference between locator and pointing devices? Describe their applications.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Pointing and positioning are two basic interactions in computer graphics. ... Example of a pointing device is a mouse. POSITIONING DEVICE. These are devices used to add items on the screen.

Answer 2

What is the difference between locator and pointing devices? Describe their applications.

Explanation:

Pointing device: A mouse in the computer serves as the pointing device. The user can use the mouse to point to any of the file or folder or an application from the system. Pointing sticks are also available for some laptops.

Locating device: It is to track the movement of a person. Locating devices is an electronic device.

Example: GPS.  

A GPS can track with the help of the network that a particular mobile number.