Creating a Geofence
Create a geofence for each site, yard or area where tracked items are expected to be. Once a geofence exists, the Tracking Map reports whether each assigned item is inside it.
- Open Asset Tracking in the left menu and select Geofences.
- Click New geofence at the top of the list.
- Select the Location the geofence represents. Start typing the Location name to find it.
- Enter a Name and, optionally, a Description.
- Leave Active selected so the geofence is checked as soon as it is saved.
- Draw the boundary on the map:
- Circle: click Draw circle, click the centre point on the map, then enter or adjust the Radius (m).
- Polygon: click Draw polygon, then click each corner of the boundary on the map in order. Click the first point again to close the shape.
- Under Devices, choose which tracking devices the geofence applies to. See Assigning Devices to a Geofence. Until at least one device is assigned, the panel warns that the geofence will never fire.
- Click Save. Click Discard changes to abandon the new geofence instead.
Zoom the map in before drawing so the boundary follows the site accurately. A saved shape cannot be reshaped by dragging; open the geofence and draw it again to change it.
Draw the boundary a little larger than the site itself. GPS readings are accurate to a few metres at best, and a tight boundary reports items as off site when they are parked at the edge of the yard.
To change a geofence later, click it in the list, make the change and click Save. To stop it being checked without deleting it, clear Active.
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