Atlas allows you to specify additional parameters on startup to perform startup actions. A typical use case would be an external application or document that contains a link (url) to an object in Atlas. It looks like this: https://your.atlas-domain.com/#action=goto&type=pole&id=177622 On click, Atlas will start and directly jump to the specified location, in this case, a [...]
What’s the biggest drawback when you lose connectivity in the field? You don’t have access to your data. Application developers (including Cliffhanger Solutions) have gone to great lengths to overcome this by building offline functionality, storing data on the local device, etc. But the solution is not ideal. For one, storage space is limited compared [...]
By now, you are probably aware that Cliffhangers Atlas supports extensive Analytics and Dashboards. However, did you know there are 10 key design principles to follow when creating these Dashboards? Analytics are meant to provide Total Information Awareness, preferably in Real Time (yes, our dashboards work in real time and even support automatic refreshes!), however when [...]
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.