GPS Insight now offer switches to its customers using the GO-3000 and GPSI-4000 models of tracking device.
These are useful if you want to count and quantity where certain activity takes place, such as:
- solid waste collection (tipping a can into the garbage truck)
- pump activity (pumping a well, concrete, etc.)
- street sweeper on vs. off activity
There are countless uses for switches, and we will go through them in future articles.
Here are some pictures of the new capability within GPS Insight for a residential solid waste operation which recently put GPS Insight on its vehicles. These are the “sideloaders” for the day (which pick up curbside cans):
We have a new “All Inputs” option for what to show in 3D Mapping — the path of each vehicle is shown in a different color, but the actual pickups are shown as green or blue dots with stars (depending on speed)
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To isolate JUST the pickup activity or JUST the driving activity, put a polygon in place to show the dots like a cornrow, or turn off the time slider to show just the path:
But if all you want to do is count “tips” just run a summary report — here is the how:
Zooming in:
All in .28 seconds. Lots of information, and quick, easy, and relatively inexpensive to obtain. We have other reports available which we will go into with future articles (e.g. idling when PTO is NOT engaged, etc.).
Now when Mrs. Smith at 123 N. Main Street says you didn’t pick up her garbage on time, you’ll know what happened.
Rob.