You can think of a geofence as a fence that you can create (using the platform) around an area on the map and be alerted via email or push notifications when one of your devices goes in or out of the geofence. A few examples of when a geofence can be useful are below, or click here to learn how to create a geofence.
A few practical examples:
PARKING AREA
Let's say you have a parking yard where you keep all your vehicles and trucks. You can create a geofence around the yard which will alert you every time one or more (up to you) of your vehicles enters or exits the parking yard. Our customers use this as a way to 'clock in' and 'clock out' their vehicles so they know what time a vehicle left the yard and what time a vehicle entered the yard. You can also apply this geofence around your home or office so you know (if someone else is driving your vehicle) what time your vehicle entered and exited the geofence.
WORKING AREA
Say you have salespeople that go out in the field to meet with potential clients and existing clients - and every salesperson has a designated sales territory. You can create a geofence around each salesperson's territory so you can be alerted if the right salesperson is in the right sales territory. You can also be alerted if a salesperson exits their assigned sales territory.
CAR RENTALS
Sometimes you want the car that you rent to only be driven within a designated area. You can create a geofence around this area (can be as big as an entire city) and then you can be alerted in real-time if the car ever exits the designated area.
To learn how to create various types of geofences click here.
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