What is Geofencing?
Geofencing is a feature that automatically detects when vehicles enter or exit defined geographical areas around locations. It creates virtual boundaries (typically circular areas with customisable radius) around stop locations to provide more accurate arrival and departure timestamps without relying solely on driver input.
Benefits of Geofencing
More reliable stop updates
Improve accuracy of stop arrival & departure by using autocomplete
Improved ETA calculations
Less manual updates
Fewer calls between driver / office to update on arrivals
How does Qargo use Geofencing?
Geofences trigger “Arrived at location” and “Departed at location”.
Geofences are defined by a circle radius around the location
This is defined on the tenant and on the location.
The stop is completed when the geofence associated to the location is triggered.
Once the stop is completed (green) Qargo logs the events and the times are recorded
‼️ Autocompleting stops requires a telematics system
Configuration
On the tenant level the following values can be configured for geofencing
Enable geofencing for resources: this makes it possible to define which types of resources should have geofencing enabled or disabled.
Update stop times based on geofence: Automatic completion of the stop once the enabled resource 'triggers' the geofence radius.
Default geofence location radius (meter): this defines how large the geofencing area should be by default. It is possible to override this on location level as well.
Locations - a radius can be defined that will override the radius defined on tenant level.
Click 'Customise' button to enable column in the Stops view
View Geofence times in the STOPS VIEW
Autocompleting stops
Automatically complete arrival and departure stops based on geofenced areas
Mobile app is only supported when used along with a Telematics system
Previous stop must be completed prior to the autocomplete stop
If previous stop was not successfully completed, geofence times still captured, but stop is not completed.
If autocomplete geofencing is used to depart stop, stop is marked complete
In mobile app, question path will not be show to the driver automatically
Driver can still update the information for the completed stop
Arrival at stop
Driver enters geofence area arrival is automatically completed
If using mobile app, the 'Arrive' stop is completed
Date / Time stamp for arrival is logged
If no arrival detected from geofence, driver must manually arrive to complete task
Departure from stop
Depart from stop completed when leaving location and passing through geofence
If using mobile app, driver will typically already complete the 'Depart' stop, in which case geofence is retained as 'backup'.
Limitations
‼️ Geofence detection based on tracking data from mobile app ONLY is not supported.
The autocomplete will only work if the previous stops were successfully completed.
If the previous stop was not successfully completed, the geofencing times will still be captured but the the arrival/departure will not be autocompleted.
If the autocomplete geofencing is used for departing from a stop, the stop will be marked as completed.
If using the mobile app, question paths will not be shown to the driver
Driver can manually go back to the completed stop to fill in the question paths.