How It Works
Getting up and running is easy. You can be tracking by tomorrow. Here's all you need to do:
- Buy a tracking device, turn it on, and put it in your vehicle.
- Log on to our web map and see where your vehicle is right now. Or, if you prefer, you can review your vehicle's route any time you choose.
Our prices and service plans are straightforward. No tricks, hidden charges, contracts, or gimmicks.
Dedicated tracking devices start at $149.96 with a $19.99 monthly service charge.
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Find Your Drivers With Real-Time Tracking
The positions shown on this map were less than 30 seconds old when this screen shot was taken. FoxTrax GPS tracking devices update the server as often as every 20 seconds when the vehicle is in motion. Drivers are represented on the map by color-coded icons. Click on a point to see more information. You can send the driver a text message right from the map.
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Review Your Driver's Routes
The Time / Date
form shows historical vehicle tracks. --
"Where was Fred for the last 15 minutes?" -- You can
specify any number of drivers over any time period as long
as it doesn't return more than 1,000 points. We store data
for one year before archiving.
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Dispatching: Who is Closest?
Do you need to get somebody somewhere right now? Where is
302 S. Elm Ave.? And who is closest? The Address and Zip
Search
form answers these questions. In the screen shot
below we can see that Al Capone is already there. Click on
the Locate
links to mark the driver and the address.
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Reporting: Save Management Time With Reports
Sometimes a map isn't enough, you need a report. Our reporting tool tells you where your drivers were, how long they were there, how long it took to get there, and what it all cost. The report builder makes it easy to include only the data that you want to see on each report.
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Routing and Scheduling: Reduce Your Miles Driven
You can save a lot of mileage by scheduling new appointments near existing appointments. Our scheduling tool helps you minimize mileage by tracking the geographic coordinates of all your appointments so that when it is time to schedule a new appointment you can find out who will already be close by.
After selecting the correct address match you can search for existing appointments near that address:
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How Do I Get Started?
Go to our store and purchase a tracking device. Your order will ship the same day if we receive it before 3:00PM CST.
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Technical Details
A GPS-enabled phone or other dedicated GPS tracker serves as a
tracking device.
The tracking device obtains
location coordinates (fixes), speed, and course from GPS satellites.
These coordinates are transmitted via a wireless phone network to the our
server when they are only a few seconds old. Users then view real-time
location, speed, and direction information on our online map.
This means that you will know where your people are, where they've been, when they arrive, when they depart, and where they are heading. Furthermore, this information is stored and can be used to create reports that help you manage your people and respond quickly to customer inquiries and needs.
Our tracking system is an active
system. This means that fixes are
sent to our server when they are obtained. Passive
systems collect
data throughout the day. In a passive system the data must be taken from
each vehicle at the end of each day or week by an employee and loaded into
a computer. Passive systems
cannot tell you where your vehicles are right now so they cannot be used
for short-notice dispatching. Because getting the data out of a passive
system is a daily chore they are usually abandoned after a few weeks.
We will NEVER give your contact information to a third party. Period!