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May 17 2013

New Icons for accessing Clusters, Traffic, and Centering options within Maps

Category: Mapping,New Features,New Features — rdonat @ 1:49 pm

We cleaned up the area within our mapping that gives you the option to display clusters, traffic, or center the map. The updated section now has icons that can be clicked to either toggle the particular function on or off.

New Icons in GPS Insight Mapping

New Icon for turning Clusters on/off

When turning on either Clustering or Traffic, the icon is no longer “greyed out”:

New Icon for turning Traffic on/off

New Icon for Centering the Map

Before, text labels took up a lot more room within the map, especially within dashlet maps. We hope this update makes viewing your vehicles and assets on a map a lot easier.

Thanks,

Rob

Tags: clusters, Dashlet Maps, fleet tracking software, gps fleet tracking software, gps tracking software, traffic

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May 13 2013

Cluster preferences saved automatically now

Category: Dashboard Maps,Mapping,New Features,New Features — rdonat @ 9:21 am

We recently released our new vehicle clustering to dashboard and 2D maps.

Now when you turn them on or off, we remember your preference within the browser:

Multiple cluster settings remembered automatically

Additionally, we have made it more intuitive to zoom in & out from a cluster “aggressiveness” and those settings are ALSO saved at the browser level:

Change the clustering "aggressiveness" with the plus/minus pop-up control

You can use the – and + buttons which pop up when hovering over the cluster control to change at what level the individual pins are grouped into clusters:

Zoom cluster level shown numerically and saved

This allows you to really configure the maps to your liking.

The last thing we added to help you visualize your fleet’s location is to add a dynamic hover-over to each cluster which lists the vehicles along with their color-coded status and shape-coded vehicle category:

Hover-over list of vehicles for each cluster

If there are more than 10 vehicles, you’ll get a breakdown instead of individual vehicle names:

Clustered Vehicle Lists

As always, we have listened to your suggestions and comments, and have made GPS Insight more insightful and easy for you to use.

Thanks,
Rob.

Tags: map clustering, maps, New Features

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May 01 2013

Map Clustering coming sooner rather than later

Category: Dashboard Maps,Ease of use,Mapping,New Features,New Features — rdonat @ 11:33 am

The other day I talked about bringing pin clustering to GPS Insight.

It’s going to happen much sooner than later — probably this week.

Here is a preview:

New status/size clusters for large groups of vehicles

We will dynamically change the ring colors and sizes based on how many vehicles are moving, speeding, idling, etc., and based on how many vehicles are in each cluster (along with a number).

So this:

Too many dots on a map

Becomes this:

After clustering, with hover-over details

Now, hovering over gives you a nice color-coded legend of how many vehicles are in each status:

Cluster detail hover-over

And then zooming down by single-clicking a cluster gives an instant zoom of that area:

Zoomed in to see both pins and clusters

We’ll release this by the end of the week or over the weekend most likely. It can be toggled so if you don’t like the new functionality, you can turn it off easily.

Toggle clustering with this icon

Thanks,

Rob.

Tags: map clustering

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Apr 27 2013

Too many dots on a map?

Category: Dashboard Maps,Mapping,New Features,New Features,User Preferences — rdonat @ 10:06 am

We recognize that sometimes there’s too much information on the map for larger customers with lots of vehicles.

Every customer is different though, in terms of “vehicle density” so we are about to make it a configurable option to chose how your dots and labels behave when zooming in and out:

In a few days, we will release a new, configurable mechanism to allow customers to choose which zoom level the labels and “large pins” appear and/or turn into “small pins” without labels:

Too many labels

Choose which zoom level works best for you to take the large pins and labels and turn them into small pins with no labels:

Change the zoom level where small/big dots appear

And now the dots are less cluttered with labels (and clicking any dot brings up information about the vehicle):

More decipherable location information without labels

And soon, we will be making map “cluster” markers such as this available (and the color/size will change based on the vehicle makeup and activity):

Vehicle cluster icons

Zooming in will eventually show the individual pins and labels:

zooming into a clustered set of vehicles

The cluster icons will dynamically show color/proportion based on vehicle activity, stop times, etc.

We’ll let you know when this becomes available, and as always, there will be options to allow you to turn it on/off and thresholds where the pins begin to appear individually.

Enjoy, and let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions — we always appreciate knowing what works best for our customers and prospects.

Thanks,

Rob.

Tags: configurable maps, map clustering, Mapping, pins

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Mar 29 2013

GPS Insight has Upgraded to Google Maps

Category: Dashboard Maps,Mapping,New Features,New Features — rdonat @ 9:18 am

We have upgraded our browser-based and dashlet mapping technology to Google Maps. There are new options for Street View and improved view options (map, satellite, traffic, etc.).

New Google Maps

Customers will now be able to take advantage of even faster load times. Switching between views is smoother as well.

Dashlet Map in Satellite View

One of the biggest upgrades is Street View, which is now included in both our browser-based and dashlet maps. Simply click on the “orange guy” and drag him to the location you want to see.

Drag "Orange Guy" for Street View

Instantly the map in transformed into a real-life visual of that particular area. This is a great resource for getting a better perspective of where your drivers are.

Street View Inside Dashlet Map

Here is what our browser-based (full screen) maps look like with Google Maps:

Browser-based Google Maps

Browser-based Google Maps with Street View

Additionally, street and traffic accuracy, as well as satellite imagery are all improved based on this upgrade. We constantly strive to bring our customers an absolute best-in-class product, and are pleased to provide Google’s mapping at this time.

As always, we appreciate any feedback you might have. Please send your comments to feedback@gpsinsight.com

Thanks,

Rob

Tags: browser based mapping, Dashlet Mapping, Dashlet Maps, Google Maps, gps google maps, GPS Insight Mapping, GPS Insight Maps, improved mapping, new mapping, Satellite View, Street View, Traffic View

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Mar 01 2013

Exclude sensitive speed data in certain reports

Category: Ad Hoc Reports,Custom Reports,New Features,New Features,Reporting,Reports,Scheduled Reports — rdonat @ 2:21 pm

A customer recently requested that we not include “Max Speed” in a summary report for them, where the recipient only wanted to see utilization, mileage, and idling information (etc.).

We added this account/user level permission here under user options:

Exclude Max Speed from summary reports

When running a typical Summary Report:

Running a Summary Report with/without Max Speed

With the Max Speed included:

Max Speed Included

And removing it by checking the “Suppress Max Speed” box, the entire column disappears from this and other reports (as well as scheduled versions of this and other reports):

Max Speed Column is removed

Thankfully, customer requests such as this are easy for GPS Insight to accommodate given our flexible architecture. We’re always happy to implement customer requirements as options which benefit our overall customer-base.

Thanks,

Rob.

Tags: drive time, Fleet Tracking, gps fleet tracking, GPS Tracking, remove max speed, Vehicle Tracking

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Jan 29 2013

GPS Insight Mobile App for Android Released

Category: cell phone capabilities,mobile mapping,New Features,New Features — bbarker @ 5:36 pm

The GPS Insight Mobile App for Android is here! Current customers can download the app from the Google Play Store.

A link to it is also available from the main menu under Mapping: Mobile Maps: Mobile App

New GPS Insight Android App

Here is a screen shot which shows a list of vehicles with their status and a color-coded status icon:

GPS Insight Mobile App for Android

With GPS Insight Mobile, you don’t need to be at your desk in order to stay up to date with your fleet. The Android app allows you to quickly view vehicle location, status, driver, odometer, and more.

GPS Insight Mobile is designed to be easier to use and more efficient than using your mobile device’s browser to load www.gpsinsight.com

GPS Insight Mobile (Map of all Vehicles)

GPS Insight Mobile (Slide out Menu)

You can expect more features to be released soon.

Please Note: You must be a GPS Insight customer to use this app. Not a GPS Insight customer? Contact us: 866-477-4321

Thanks,

Rob

Tags: Android App, GPS Insight Android, GPS Insight Android App, GPS Insight App, GPS Insight Mobile, GPSI Android, GPSI App, GPSI Mobile

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Jan 28 2013

New landmark alert feature lets you notify your customers a delivery is coming

Category: Alerts,Landmarks,New Features,New Features — rdonat @ 8:35 pm

We have a potential customer who wanted to set up landmark alerts in advance for certain days to notify certain customers their delivery was almost there.

The problem was they had several different customers who all use the same corridor which served as the landmark for the alert.

The only way to solve this problem was to allow for landmark alerts to be scheduled for ONLY certain days in advance.

Here’s what the screen looks like for setting up a landmark alert, with an option to choose a starting and ending date range:

New Date Range functionality for Landmark Alerts

Now they can create one landmark alert per customer and activate it for just the day scheduled shipments are on their way.

And their customers are notified in advance so they can be ready to receive the shipment, without needing anyone to monitor the truck’s whereabouts, or expect the driver to know who to call in advance.

Rob.

Tags: customer requests, date range, delivery alert, delivery notification, GPS Tracking, landmark alert, landmark alerts

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Nov 26 2012

New jobsite mileage GPS tracking report saves customer 4 hours a month

Category: CUSTOM APPLICATIONS OF GPS INSIGHT,Extreme Return on Investment,New Features,New Features,Reports — rdonat @ 9:57 am

We have a new customer with a few hundred vehicles. But they have 4 delivery vehicles whose miles need to be internally billed to each of their various job sites for accounting purposes. It takes one of their employees about 4 hours each month to get this data out of the current stop detail report we provide.

They asked us if we would build them a custom GPS tracking report to help.

Here’s a depiction of how they assign mileage to job sites:

Delivery workflow & mileage calculation

All mileage from the warehouse or another job site needs to be allocated to the NEXT job site reached, to include miles spent going to non-job sites (such as McDonald’s, above).

The mileage spent heading BACK to the warehouse needs to be assigned to the most recent job site serviced.

Rather than go through a stop/detail report, line by line, for hundreds or thousands of trips for a month, we created this consolidated GPS tracking report, called the “Delivery Vehicle Mileage” report:

New Custom Delivery Mileage GPS Tracking Report

Here is the output with client specific information blurred out:

Easy totals for mileage to job sites

Note the red arrows illustrate mileage TO the job site, and a couple blue arrows show mileage FROM the job site deadheading back to the yard.

Any group of vehicles as well as starting/reset landmarks such as a warehouse and job site landmarks may be chosen and it can be run for 31 days at a time (and we can always increase that restriction if the number of vehicles/landmarks are reasonable and you need quarterly reports instead).

And the best part: Instead of it taking this customer 4 hours a month to tabulate through a mind-numbing stop detail report, they can now run it in about 2 seconds with this report we built for them (and any customers who may require it in the future):

2 seconds to do 4 hours work

As always, we appreciate customer requests, and accommodate them better than any other GPS Tracking provider out there. Keep them coming — when we help our customers, we help the product as well!

Rob.

Tags: billed jobs, custom gps tracking report, custom reports, customer requests, delivery mileage report, delivery vehicle mileage, Fleet Tracking, gps fleet tracking, gps mileage report, GPS Tracking, gps tracking provider, gps tracking report, gps vehicle tracking, mileage report, stop detail report, stop report, tracking mileage, tracking truck mileage, tracking vehicle mileage, vehicle mileage report, vehicle stop report, Vehicle Tracking

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Oct 17 2012

Add Custom Fields to your GPS Tracking Reports (plus bonus columns)

Category: Ad Hoc Reports,CUSTOM APPLICATIONS OF GPS INSIGHT,Custom Categories and Attributes,Custom Reports,Extreme Return on Investment,New Features,New Features,Reporting,Reports,Scheduled Reports — rdonat @ 10:16 pm

We give customers the ability to create and populate their own custom attributes and categories for vehicles and other GPS Insight objects. Now you can add them to your GPS tracking reports!

First you have to create and assign attributes and values to vehicles like this:

Assign "Compressor Type" to your vehicles

(this is just a test but you get the idea!)

Then you can add that and other custom attributes to your report definition:

Add Custom Attributes

Just choose each attribute you want, in the order in which you want them to appear in the report. If you decide to remove one, just check the “remove X” next to it.

Note there is a new extra “bonus” option of “show current location” which allows you to add the vehicle’s CURRENT location to most reports where it was typically left off (e.g. monthly utilization reports like this one). It is highlighted above, and I check it before running this report, but it’s off by default, as shown.

Now your GPS tracking report will contain YOUR custom data, as shown below:

Custom Attributes in GPS Tracking Reports

Note that you can now see Compressor Type, Bed_length, and Order Number (all just for illustration purposes) on the report as well as on the maps in the custom tab (below):

Custom Attributes and Categories in GPS Insight maps

We also support this in our 3D Google Earth-based maps (with a scrollable window so that you can fit everything in a single “bubble”):

Custom Attributes and Categories in GPS Insight maps

We need to complete the addition of these to our scheduled reports mechanism, but that will be available soon.

Eventually we will allow you to also SORT, FILTER, and GROUP BY by these custom attributes, but for now, much of that is possible just by utilizing the Excel/CSV export of the report.

Please get with our Support staff if you need any training or further information on these powerful GPS tracking capabilities.

Thanks,
Rob.

Tags: attributes and categories, custom attributes, custom categories, gps fleet tracking, GPS Tracking, gps tracking capabilities, gps tracking report, gps tracking reports, report categories

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