This is a quick camera video I took to show just how fast messages make it to the GPS Insight Navigation solution using Garmin.
I simulate a dispatch event using an SMS text message from my iPhone, which sends both a “dispatched stop” (to GPS Insight Headquarters) in the form “gps rob dis headq” (which is short for “dispatch GPS Insight Headquarters”). Then I send a text message using “gps rob gm hi there”and “gm” is short for “Garmin Message.” You can see it takes literally less than a second to receive the message, and about 2-3 seconds to receive the dispatch (the “lag” is due to the text messaging infrastructure but 2-3 seconds is pretty good regardless).
Here is the video, and below it, I will show how a customer would “typically” send a message or next stop to a driver.
Here is the message I sent back using the Garmin in the demo (visible here in the Garmin message history):
There is another Garmin demonstration here for a more thorough look at how the Garmin Integration with GPS Insight works. This video is to really show the solution “in action” to illustrate how quick and powerful it is for dispatch oriented organizations.
Thanks,
Rob.