A few weeks ago John had the pleasure to be a guest on the show of Charlotte Plott, the host of bizstoriesshared.com. John talks about what it takes to be an Entrepreneur, advice from his grandmother, fast cars, and his favorite book, among other things. For the full interview, have a listen to my Ah-Ha moment [...]
Ever got lost trying to open the right search screen? You first need to find the appropriate application, then find what you are looking for. Example of a proliferation of Search Widgets Look no further: Our search feature simplifies this by using just one search bar to find data. This data can come [...]
Did you know that Atlas, as well as the plugin available for GE Smallworld GIS offers search suggestions? In case you are not entirely sure on the exact spelling or when you make a mistake, our search engine suggests better matches. This functionality, well known from how Google works, really speeds up finding and accessing [...]
Utilities generate an incredible amount of data on a daily basis: smart meters, sensor data, and even server logs. So much data being produced that it is virtually impossible, for a human, to make sense of this data in a timely manner. Our analytics engine takes this data and allows you to transition from hard-to-read [...]
Our goal, as engineers, is to come up with ideas on how to do things better, more efficient, while saving cost at the same time. Several of our clients use GPS for fleet management. A GPS device is installed in (maintenance) trucks, and data is collected and visualized on some dashboard applications. In the same vehicles, they also use tablets running our mapping software.
Fleet tracking using GPS
This eliminates the use of a dedicated GPS device and all the associated back-end software, servers, etc. And if you still want to use existing dashboards, simply use our platforms API to derive the data. One of the data sources is, you guessed it, is GPS. After some thinking we thought this was kind of silly: so we have a GPS device, sending data to a central location, which is then being ‘downloaded’ back into the trucks? But tablets and smartphones (both Android and iOS) have GPS build in. And the App is already sending data back and forth. So it doesn’t take a genius to realize that we can easily have the App to share its current location, to be shared an processed between users.