an autonomous lock - on target tracking system and method with geospatial - aware ptz cameras includes a camera imaging a terrain space . the camera acquires images , and first and second images are aligned . a frame - differencing operation produces a resultant image including blobs corresponding to elements in the terrain space . one of the blobs is classified as an object and tracked as a target . the target is tracked by determining the distance between a centroid of the target and a center of a field of view of the camera , and instructing the camera to move through the distance . the distance is continually updated as the camera and the target move . disclosed are also methods for deploying the georeferencing enabled version of such ptz camera on stationary and mobile land , sea and air platforms .