Aug 10 2011
GPS Insight has supported traffic for years via Google Earth.
Finally we’re bringing real-time traffic data to the dashboard and 2D mapping.
Here’s a screenshot:
GPS Insight releases traffic data in maps
Just a single click and you’ll get real-time, color-based traffic overlays in your maps.
Enjoy!
Rob.
Oct 11 2010
Recently (a week ago), we promised a lot of graphs coming, & here are 3 more:
New Speeding Graph and vehicle-centric graphs
The top graph is a histogram of speeding events relative to the speed limit with different colors representing the severity of the speeding.
The bottom graphs show 3 different per-vehicle metrics:
Each different graph dashlet is configurable as to how many lines to show, which graph to show, how many days to show, etc:
Modify each graph dashlet
Each “per-vehicle” graph is also configurable as to which graphs & how long to show, and the vehicle shown is the one most recently clicked upon in the “vehicle picker.”
Here is a screenshot of just how much you can easily depict within your dashboard, and save/call up whenever you want an overview of your groups of vehicles:
Lots of graphs and maps available within GPS Insight's new graphs dashlets
And the new “dashlet group” functionality makes it very quick to set up dashboards like this instantly.
Enjoy!
Rob.
Jun 26 2010
We have new Mapping and Dashlet functionality for users of touch-pad devices such as the iPad and iPhone.
Touchpad clients such as the iPad and iPhone do not allow the same “drag and drop” or “pan” capabilities as a mouse and a browser, so we had to make a few additions.
The new scroll arrows allow you to easily move through a Mapping Dashlet. Clicking the middle square button will zoom to fit the vehicles on the map, or vehicle/group that is shown within that map (such as the “WEST” group here):
New Scroll Arrows
We added a new arrow “popup” which allows you to move Dashlets around within your dashboard. Click up, down, left, or right and the Dashlet will move accordingly. To access this feature just click on the 
icon. Then to close it, click that icon again.
New Arrow Popup
Here is an example of the new navigational features on an iPhone:
New Features on an iPhone
Bear in mind that on an iPhone, the main product is functional, but you will need to zoom/pan around since the resolution is pretty small. On an iPad you will still need to zoom a bit in order to ensure your finger “clicks” the appropriate icons/vehicles, etc.
We also added a new feature to the Dashlet Dock, called “Add-Dashlet”. You will now notice a plus sign (+) to the right of each Dashlet name. Clicking the plus sign will load the Dashlet. Originally, to add a new Dashlet you would have to drag and drop. Now both options are available.
Dashlet Dock with new "Add-Dashlet" functionality
These new features are available to everyone, but were added specifically for touch-pad users. If you have a suggestion for a new feature or for a specific device, please let us know.
Thanks,
Rob.
Jun 24 2010
We now offer a new option to “hide” Vehicle Labels on all Dashlet Maps. Simply open the Dashlet edit settings by clicking on the pencil icon, find “Vehicle Labels” and then choose “None” from the drop-down menu. By utilizing this new option, you can avoid extra clutter on the map, especially when viewing a large number of vehicles.
Select "None" from the Vehicle Labels drop-down menu
Below are examples of the same mapping Dashlets with and without labels:
Following Vehicle Dashlet
Mapping Dashlet displaying large number of Vehicles
Mapping Dashlet displaying specific Vehicle Group
We also allow the vehicle icons to be clicked, which will then open up an information box. To remove the box, just click on it.
Click on Vehicle icon for information box
Vehicle information box
This new feature went from “customer request” to “in production” in just seven days! Always feel free to give us a call if you have a suggestion for a new feature by calling 866-477-4321.
Thanks,
Rob.
Mar 01 2010
We just added a couple nice new capabilities to make it trivial to create a map on the GPS Insight dashboard by dragging and dropping either a single vehicle or the name of the group up at the top of the dashboard.
Just be careful to move dashlets by dragging on the RIGHT side of the title bar now (or you’ll create a map accidentally).
Here’s a quick video which shows how to do it:
Thanks,
Rob
