Set up geofences

A geofence is a circular zone around one of your locations, such as a depot or a customer site. When a vehicle enters or leaves the zone, Transportial can raise an alert. You manage geofences on the Geofences sub-tab of the Fleet FMS view.

A geofence is always based on an existing location. Create the location first if it does not exist yet; see Locations.

Create a geofence

1. Open the dashboard and click the Fleet FMS tab.
2. Click the Geofences sub-tab.
3. Click New geofence.
4. Find the location in Search a location to fence and select it.
5. Switch on Act as geofence.
6. Enter the Radius in metres. The minimum is 50 m; the default is 500 m. The map preview shows the zone.
7. Switch on Alert on enter and/or Alert on exit.
8. Click Save.

Manage geofences

The Geofences table lists each zone with its Name, Radius, Alert on enter and Alert on exit. Use the search box to find one.

• To change a geofence, choose Edit on its row, adjust the settings and click Save.
• To remove a geofence, choose Remove on its row and confirm with Remove.

Choose a good radius

• Make the zone large enough to cover the whole site, including the yard and the entrance road, so a vehicle waiting at the gate is already inside.
• Avoid zones that overlap with a busy road next to the site. Vehicles driving past would then raise enter and exit alerts.
• Start with the default of 500 m and adjust it after a few days if you get too many or too few alerts.

For how alerts appear and how to deal with them, see Handle alerts.