Commercial GPS tracking
GPS tracking for plant, machinery and fleet
Track excavators, vehicles, trailers and generators. See the latest asset position in the app, then use MapTrack Telematics for live GPS, geofences and trip history.
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Co-Founder & GM of Operations
Location, trips and run hours on the asset record
- Industrial
- battery & hardwired devices
- Geofences
- site utilisation & alerts
- 4-in-1
- GPS + Bluetooth + QR + OEM
A ute or van with an AI dashcam doesn’t need a separate GPS tracker: the camera’s location and trips land on its record in MapTrack.
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See trips from an AI dashcam
The device page carries the week’s trips and a map of the events.
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See the event map
The vehicle’s own Run-time hours meter rises from the day the camera connected.
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See run hours
MapTrack labels them estimated run hours, summed from completed trips, and idling is not counted.
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See how run hours are counted
Search for equipment by name and use the status tabs to narrow the list.
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See the asset record
Customer outcomes
Results from published MapTrack customer case studies.
Approximately 20-30%
GPS tracking and digital scheduling enabled smarter crew dispatching, reducing unnecessary travel time between jobs by approximately 20-30%.
Thousands of assets
Achieved a single, real-time view of thousands of assets across multiple remote mine sites, replacing fragmented spreadsheets and legacy systems with one unified platform.
Estimated 25–35%
Better visibility of owned assets across all projects reduced unnecessary equipment hire by an estimated 25–35%
Customer Story
SPDR on tracking cars, trucks and excavators in one platform
Scott Bradley, Managing Director at SPDR, on tracking, compliance and fleet visibility
Watch how Specialised Plumbing Drainage and Roofing use MapTrack for tool and equipment tracking, compliance and maintenance.
Show transcript
We’re a good sized company with 100+ plumbers. Loss of tools and equipment over years has probably cost the company tens of thousands of dollars.
We have quite a few different assets, like from cars to trucks, excavators. Just had too many platforms that we were trying to use. That’s when we came across MapTrack.
And now with MapTrack we know where everything is. We know when people swap tools between one another. Everything gets moved digitally. It’s easy to track down, it’s easy to find. We just have one person run around, take photos, enter the data, and we’re up and running within a couple of days.
Through the forms feature, we’ve been using daily safety truck checks. So our mechanic here completes that every day, as well as the truck drivers. A lot of our job sites are commercial sites, so when we have an excavator out on site, we have to show proof of the last time it got serviced. They’re not having to call the office and being like, "Oh hey, when’s the last risk assessment done? When’s this? When’s that?" It’s just all there.
MapTrack’s alerts has drastically changed our ability to service our equipment from both tools, vehicles, and we also get alerts when guys put a wear and tear or damage to equipment comes up straight away. Gets sent directly to me.
Super easy for the guys on site to use. It’s a quick scan of a QR code and click of a button and you’re done. Since the introduction of MapTrack, on-site accountability of their tools has been drastically improved just because they know they’re being watched. We’re no longer misplacing or losing tools, and the wear and tear on our tools has reduced.
MapTrack’s support has been amazing. We’ve been able to deal directly with their team at a drop of a hat. There’s any issues, or we need a new field, or we need to learn something new, a phone call away, it’s answered.
I would say for anyone who’s planning to look at an asset management system, I would highly recommend MapTrack. It’s quick, simple, innovative.
Register your trackers in Device Manager
Keep each GPS or telematics device identifiable before linking it to equipment. Start with the provider’s device details so a similarly named tracker doesn’t end up on the wrong asset.
1. Open the device register
Go to Settings > Devices. Check the register before adding hardware that may already be listed, then choose Add device for a new tracker.
2. Match the provider and device type
In New Device, choose the Provider and Device type that match the hardware you’re registering. Confirm these with your supplier if you’re unsure.
3. Enter the device identifier
Copy the provider’s identifier into Device ID. Add an optional Name that your team will recognise. The form also offers Add multiple when you’re preparing several devices.
4. Check the setup before using its data
Review the details before choosing Save device. After registration and asset linking, confirm that the expected device is reporting and check the time of its latest update.
Setup and limits
- The example shows the unsaved New Device form. A registered device still needs the appropriate hardware, connection and asset link before it can supply data.
- Available readings depend on the device and integration. Confirm the reading and unit before using it for servicing or reports.
Start with the device provider and model
Choose the provider and device type, then enter the identifier supplied with your tracker. Registration is followed by linking the device to an asset.
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Unsaved setup form. No tracker was registered for this example, and this image does not show received GPS data.
Use the asset record and Telematics for different questions
MapTrack sells and supports the connected workflow. The app shows each asset’s latest position; live GPS, geofences, trips and location history run in MapTrack Telematics.
1. Check the device and reporting interval
Choose hardware for the equipment, power source and reporting requirement. A displayed last position is a received update, so check its timestamp before treating it as the current physical location.
2. Use Telematics for movement and site events
Define the site boundary and inspect entry, exit, trip and time-on-site information in MapTrack Telematics. Check the device configuration and reporting frequency when interpreting an event.
3. Keep the operational record connected
Use the MapTrack asset record for its latest position alongside the equipment’s forms and maintenance. Confirm the required meter and reading source before using device data to drive servicing.
Setup and limits
- Location freshness and event timing depend on the device, configuration, coverage and reporting interval. Time inside a boundary is not, by itself, productive working time.
Find an asset from the map
Search for equipment by name and use the status tabs to narrow the list. Selecting a result opens the asset record; a search result on its own doesn’t confirm a recorded position.
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Demonstration asset search. This crop shows the search controls and result, without a GPS position or device report.
What is commercial GPS asset tracking?
GPS asset tracking is the use of satellite-based positioning devices to monitor the reported location, movement history and geofence events of physical assets. For commercial teams, GPS tracking is most useful when the location data connects to the rest of the jobsite workflow. MapTrack Telematics provides live location, trip history and geofence alerts. The core app brings the latest asset position together with QR scanning , Bluetooth tag detections and asset records for fleet, plant, machinery and mobile assets. The deeper commercial GPS tracking solution shows how it connects to jobsites, rate cards and utilisation. GPS also sits alongside asset tracking, maintenance and alerts, with location freshness and alerts dependent on the configured device, feed, coverage and reporting interval.
Trusted by construction, civil and mining teams
How GPS tracking works in MapTrack
Fit the right tracker and check its latest position in the app. Use MapTrack Telematics for live mapping, trip history and configured site reports.
Fit industrial GPS hardware
Use battery-powered, hardwired, Bluetooth gateway or satellite trackers for plant, machinery, vehicles and remote assets.
View GPS hardware →Connect location to jobsites
In MapTrack Telematics, create site, depot and yard geofences. Review movement history, entry and exit events and time onsite.
Explore commercial GPS →Trigger work and costing
Use configured runtime or odometer readings for meter-based servicing. Review site reports and cost context in the relevant MapTrack Telematics report.
Explore maintenance triggers →Step 1
Fit or integrate industrial GPS devices
GPS tracking is a hardware and data layer for commercial assets. MapTrack supports hardwired trackers for powered plant and fleet, battery trackers for trailers and unpowered assets, Bluetooth gateways for proximity coverage, satellite trackers for remote assets, and compatible OEM telematics where available.
Hardwired GPS trackers for fleet vehicles and powered plant
Long-life battery devices for trailers and unpowered assets
Bluetooth gateway trackers for compatible Bluetooth tags
OEM telematics integrations for supported machinery
Step 2
Connect location, trips and geofences to jobsites
In MapTrack Telematics, see live location on a map and define geofences for sites, depots, yards and restricted zones. Review trip history and configured alerts when plant, vehicles or trailers enter or leave. Use geofences for time onsite , utilisation, rate-card context and job costing.
MapTrack Telematics live map for configured devices
Define geofences for sites, depots, yards and zones
Trip history with routes, stops and durations
Alerts when assets enter, leave or move after hours
Trips from an AI dashcam, without a separate GPS tracker
A ute or van with an AI dashcam doesn't need a separate GPS tracker: the camera's location and trips land on the ute's record in MapTrack. The device page carries the week's trips and a map of the events.
Every trip, with the events on it
The same week read as trips, with each trip’s events attached to it, so an event can be read against the drive it happened on. A day with no events says so.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, Trips view on the device page. Trips cover the last seven days.
Where the week’s events happened
The week’s events on a map, grouped where they cluster together. This is the view as it opens; zooming in separates the clusters into individual events.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, Map view on the device page at its opening zoom.
Fleet safety
Safety events from every AI dashcam on one page
Safety events, under Devices, brings every camera in the fleet together. Trips, drive time, distance and events per 100 km sit against the previous period. Needs attention lists panic button presses first, and the Assets table ranks each vehicle by its safety score, with To watch and Safest filters. Pick a date range from today back to the last quarter.
- A heat map shows where the fleet's events happen and flags a spot where the same kind of event keeps happening.
- Open an event type to see how many, where, which vehicles or drivers, and what time of day.
- Each vehicle's record carries its own camera's safety events beside its maintenance, inspections and files.
- Camera footage and safety events are shown to account owners.
Every camera’s safety events on one page
Released on 25 October 2026: one page for every camera in the fleet. Trips, drive time, distance and events per 100 km sit against the previous period, the week shows when events happen, Needs attention lists panic button presses first, and the Assets table ranks each vehicle by its score and top issue. Thumbnails and street addresses are masked. The second vehicle’s name is masked.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, signed in as an account owner (camera data is owner-only). Settings, Devices, Safety events over the last 7 days, Assets table filtered to To watch. Event thumbnails and street addresses are pixelated. The second vehicle’s name is pixelated in this copy.
Where the fleet’s events happen, as a heat map
The same week on the map for the whole fleet. Brighter areas have more or more severe events, and when one kind of event keeps happening in the same place, MapTrack flags the spot, here cornering five times at one spot.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, signed in as an account owner. Safety events dashboard, Activity on the Map view at its opening zoom over the last 7 days.
One event type: where, who and what time of day
Click an event type and MapTrack sums it up: how many and the change on the previous period, where on the map, which vehicles or drivers, and the time of day it happens. Here, most distracted driving came from one vehicle between 9 am and 11 am. Driver names are masked. The second vehicle’s name is masked too.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, signed in as an account owner. Distracted driving opened from What’s happening on the Safety events dashboard, cropped to the drawer. Driver names are pixelated. The second vehicle’s name is pixelated in this copy.
The camera’s week on the vehicle’s own record
The vehicle’s own record carries its camera’s safety events, on the Telemetry tab next to its maintenance, inspections and files. The arrows step back a week at a time.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, signed in as an account owner. Asset record, Telemetry tab, cropped to the header and the Safety events card. The asset QR code is pixelated.
Distracted driving, on the camera facing the driver
A distracted driving alert from the camera that faces the driver, shown on the Driver view with the trip it happened on and the speed at the time. Driver monitoring, which covers distraction, fatigue and phone use, needs the DualSight’s driver-facing camera and the Advanced plan. The face is blurred in this screenshot, and the driver name and street address are masked.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport. The event drawer is cropped from the device page. The driver’s face is pixelated and blurred, and the driver name, the street address and the clip’s burnt-in position overlay are masked.
Step 3
Utilisation, maintenance and costing
Use MapTrack Telematics location and movement reports for planning, with device intervals and data gaps in view. Compare site presence with assignment records before changing an allocation. Connect the supported readings to meter-based maintenance and compliance in one asset record.
Movement and site-presence reports for configured devices
Time-in-zone data for rate-card and job-costing context
Review and export the configured MapTrack Telematics reports
Combine GPS, pre-start, runtime and odometer data
Run hours from the camera, on the vehicle's own meter
Location, trips, run hours and km from an AI dashcam land in MapTrack alongside the asset's pre-starts, maintenance and costs. The vehicle's own Run-time hours meter rises from the day the camera connected. MapTrack labels them estimated run hours: they are summed from completed trips since connection, and idling is not counted.
Run hours on the vehicle record
Completed trips from the camera add estimated run hours to the vehicle’s own meter, beside its servicing and costs. The flat start is the period before the camera was connected: the count begins at connection and is an estimate built from finished trips.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, Meter Readings card on the asset record with Run-time hours selected over 28 days.
The reading the camera sends, and how often
MapTrack names the reading an estimate and shows how often it can update. Hours and distance are worked out from completed trips, so time spent idling is not counted.
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Demonstration account at a 1440 px desktop viewport, Automated readings card cropped from the device page.
Why commercial GPS belongs in your jobsite platform
Commercial GPS tracking use cases
Plant and machinery
Track excavators, loaders, rollers and mobile plant across active projects. Combine GPS with pre-starts and service triggers.
Explore plant and machinery →Commercial fleet and vehicles
Track utes, trucks, trailers and service vehicles. Feed location, odometer and driver context into fleet operations.
Explore commercial fleet and vehicles →Jobsite geofencing
Create geofences around sites, depots and restricted areas. Measure time-on-site and catch unauthorised movement.
Explore jobsite geofencing →GPS and Bluetooth tag coverage
Compatible GPS gateways detect Bluetooth tags on tools and attachments and update the asset’s recorded location. Detection is not proof of custody or precise continuous indoor tracking.
Explore gps and bluetooth tag coverage →Top GPS tracking features
Build a commercial GPS layer for plant, machinery and jobsites
GPS hardware and app asset records, with live mapping, geofences and trip reports in MapTrack Telematics.
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Resources
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- Plant & equipment management
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- Integrations & API
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- Geofence & time onsite
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- GPS tracking glossary
- Geofencing glossary
- AI dashcams
GPS tracking FAQs
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Track plant, machinery and jobsites from one platform
Choose GPS hardware, review the app asset record and explore live mapping and geofences in MapTrack Telematics.
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