How to use the Live Tracking feature in Fleet Vision mode

How to use the Live Tracking feature in Fleet Vision mode

Tracking your vehicles is probably the most important feature you bought our systems for, that's why we covered everything you'll ever need in the Live Tracking section on the Platform. if you're looking for a specific section, navigate to it by clicking on its name in the table of contents (TOC).

To access the Live Tracking feature, log in to your account on the platform, and open the navigation drawer.
To open the navigation drawer simply press on the three-dashed button in the upper left corner of the page. Under Fleet Tracking choose Live Tracking. The following page appears.

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Many features are present in this view, we will discuss them all in the next few sections. 

1. Control Drawer

The control drawer is located on the far right side of the page, if you don't see it simply click on the arrow at the far right end of your screen, you can tuck it in after you're done using it to maximize the map's size.
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The control drawer allows you to control which vehicles or cameras you want to track, it can also show you the vehicles or cameras in a specific group had you created one. You can select a single vehicle, or multiple ones and monitor them at the same time. If you want to see each vehicle on its own, simply toggle the Split Mode button to separate vehicles in separate maps as shown in Fig.03.
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The unit's color indicates its state; if a unit's color is red that means it's idle or parked, if it's green it means the unit is moving at that moment. Same with the location symbol, If its color is grey, it means that this unit is not receiving a signal, if it's color is yellow it means it's buffering and if the location symbol's color is green, it indicates that the unit is receiving a signal.

2. Information Drawer

The information drawer is located at the bottom of the page, if you don't see it, simply click on the arrow at the bottom right side of the page, after you're done you can tuck it back in to maximize the map's size.
This drawer shows you all related information to the vehicles or cameras you selected in the control drawer. You can arrange them by unit name, unit Id number, last location update, speed, SDN mileage (which is the number of kilometers made by the vehicle since the SDN's device installation), Device mileage (which is the number of kilometers made by the vehicle since purchase) or timer both in an ascending and descending order by clicking the column's head.
Once you click on any vehicle's name or id, it shows its current location on the map.
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You can also filter units by choosing the state you want from the drop menu at the top of the drawer as shown in Fig.05 as well as searching by the unit's name in the search bar.

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3. Map Control Toolbar

In this section, we will discuss everything that's on the map control toolbar. It is located at the upper right side of the map, it has many features that would best aid you keep track of and manage your fleet.

3.1 Current Location

This is the first feature on the toolbar, once you choose a certain unit form the control drawer, its location is shown on the map. This button is useful if you wandered off the map and need to get back to the unit's location, you simply click it to find your unit one more time.

3.2 Geofencing

A geofence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area. Live tracking offers this as a feature to help track every movement of your fleet. If you've already marked areas as landmarks, to access them simply click on the geofencing button (flag shaped button) as shown in Fig.06.
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After you click on the geofencing icon, the following window appears
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You can filter the landmarks by selecting a specific group of vehicles in the drop menu at the top, you can also arrange the landmarks by name, color or shape (the shape of the landmark can be an area, route or a single point) and you can edit any landmark by simply tapping the pencil button beside each name. 
If you haven't entered any landmark yet, fret not for we are going to discuss how to in the next paragraph.

If there is an area your fleet frequents and you need to track your units' journeys to and from it, simply add it as a landmark to facilitate its monitoring, this is achieved by choosing the area you need to landmark on the map then choosing one of three options, either route, area or a point as shown in the figures below.

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Once you choose which tool is best for your new landmark, simply tap on the route, area or point you need and start drawing. A single tap allows you to bend your drawing as needed, once you're finished, double tap at the last point and the following figure appears.
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Now, all you need to do is choose a name for your new landmark and write it in the Description area, you can also choose a certain group of vehicles to be associated with this landmark, simply tap the drop menu that shows groups, and choose your preferred group, then choose a color and click save. All done! your new landmark is saved.

3.3 Heatmap

The heatmap is a really cool feature that helps you have a feel of the area your fleet mostly operates, this helps you expand your business to areas where your fleet isn't active, you can choose to look at the heatmap feature with respect to two aspects; either parked vehicles or moving ones. to understand more about this feature, let us show you an example of how it operates.

First, to access the heatmap click on the 3 dots on the map control toolbar like shown in fig.12
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The following window pops up, if you don't have a ready made area, you need to create one. Choose the Add tab from the window that pops up as shown in Fig.13
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From the Heatmap Category drop menu, choose your preferred mode, either Parking or Driving Performance. Choose a title to name your group, and in case of parked vehicles, choose a duration for parking, in case of driving performance, choose a speed interval. Next, you'll need to click on the car shaped button at the bottom right side of this window. This lets you choose your units, either by groups or manually one by one, click confirm and return to the SHOW tab, you'll find your new heatmap showing in the table as shown in Fig.14.

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Now, select the heatmap you want to show from the table and click the SHOW button. A heatmap similar to the following figure should appear.

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3.4 Measurements

Our platform offers you measurement features as well, you can measure the distance of any route you draw or the area of any block by simply drawing it. Click once to bend the line if you're drawing a line or to pinpoint an angle if you're drawing a polygon. When you're done double click the last point to get the final length or area of your drawing.
To choose measuring a route, click on the line in the map control toolbar, when you're done a yellow line is drawn with its length mentioned as shown in the following figure.
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To choose measuring an area, click on the dashed rectangle in the map control toolbar and start drawing, when you're done a yellow polygon appears with its area mentioned as shown in the following figure.
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3.5 Controls

The toolbar has a few controls to alter the view of the map according to your preference. In the third section of the toolbar you'll find zooming lenses for both zooming in and out. Also you can access a Full Screen view by tapping the four corners shaped button.
To view a different side of the map click the map and drag till you get the section you want.

This concludes the breakdown of the live tracking features in this article. If you still have any more questions please contact us by email, phone, or by simply starting a ticket!
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