What is a geofence?
A geofence is a virtual boundary around a site, depot or yard. Use MapTrack Telematics to see when tracked equipment arrives or leaves, review the visit and plan what happens next.
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Use MapTrack Telematics to review the movement that matters to your next job. Start with a named site and a known device, then inspect the visit before acting on the time recorded.
1. Choose the site and equipment
Agree which site, depot or yard you need to monitor. Confirm the tracker or telematics source for each asset and the reporting interval you expect.
2. Check the boundary against a real visit
In MapTrack Telematics, review the site boundary alongside its access roads and loading areas. Compare a known arrival and departure with the recorded entry and exit events.
3. Review movement and follow up
Use trip history and configured entry or exit alerts to investigate equipment arriving, returning or leaving unexpectedly. Check gaps in received updates before treating a missing event as a missing visit.
4. Keep site time in context
Keep the asset, date range and boundary with the report. Check assignments, bookings and maintenance before reallocating equipment. Use the appropriate meter or work record when the question is engine use or work completed.
Setup and limits
- Geofence reporting requires a configured connected device and MapTrack Telematics. The app’s latest-position view does not establish a visit history.
- Time inside a boundary does not establish engine runtime, operator attendance or billable productive work.
What is a geofence?
A geofence is a virtual boundary around a real-world location. A connected device supplies location updates, and the software compares those updates with the boundary. In MapTrack Telematics, this gives plant and fleet teams a way to review arrivals, departures and time on site.
- Construction site: check when tracked plant arrives and investigate an unexpected departure.
- Depot or yard: review which tracked vehicles or trailers have returned before planning the next allocation.
- Customer site: compare the recorded visit with the agreed job or hire period and investigate gaps.
- Several sites: use consistent site names and periods when reviewing movement between jobs.
How does a geofence work?
The device reports a position, then the telematics system checks whether that position falls inside or outside the boundary. Entry and exit records depend on the updates received. Keep the device’s reporting interval in mind when comparing a recorded event with an arrival noted by someone on site.
- Boundary: the site, depot or yard you want to recognise.
- Connected device: the tracker or supported telematics source supplying location updates for the asset.
- Event: an entry or exit identified from the received positions.
- Follow-up: a configured alert or a visit record to review in MapTrack Telematics.
Geofence vs GPS tracking
A GPS position helps you find equipment. A geofence helps you understand its movement around a named place. The MapTrack app shows the asset’s latest received position alongside the operational record. Use MapTrack Telematics for live GPS, geofences, trips and location history.
Use the visit record to plan the next job
Start with a practical question: has the trailer returned to the depot, when did the excavator leave site, or which tracked equipment stayed at a job overnight? Review the relevant visit and trip history in MapTrack Telematics, then check the asset’s assignment, bookings and maintenance before moving it to another job. Site presence alone does not tell you whether equipment is available or ready for work.
Check a boundary before relying on its reports
Use a known arrival and departure to check the boundary, the device and the reporting interval together. Look at access roads, loading areas and neighbouring sites when investigating unexpected entries or exits. Keep the asset, period and boundary with your report so another person can understand the same visit.
The problem
You’re planning tomorrow’s jobs, but you still need to know whether a trailer is back at the depot or an excavator has left site. A latest position helps you find the equipment. To understand the visit, you need the arrival, departure and reporting period as well.
How MapTrack addresses it
MapTrack Telematics provides live GPS, geofences, trips and location history for configured devices. Review site visits and entry or exit alerts there, then use the MapTrack asset record for the latest position alongside forms, assignments and maintenance. MapTrack sells and supports both screens, with the hardware and reporting setup matched to your equipment.
How it works
- 1
Confirm the connected device
Check the hardware, provider connection and reporting interval for the equipment you want to monitor.
- 2
Name the site or depot boundary
Use MapTrack Telematics for geofences. Check the relevant access roads and loading areas against a known visit.
- 3
Review arrivals and departures
Inspect entry and exit events, trip history and configured alerts. Investigate gaps or unexpected movement before acting.
- 4
Plan from the full equipment record
Keep site presence alongside the asset’s assignments, bookings and maintenance when deciding where it should go next.
Plan equipment movement with the right records
Turn GPS geofences into asset workflows
Review geofence alerts and site visits in MapTrack Telematics, with the asset’s latest position, forms and maintenance in the MapTrack app.
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