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Landmark Type

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Landmark Type

A landmark type is an attribute that you can add to a landmark to help organize your points-of-interest (POI). For example, a “customer” type would indicate that a POI is a customer. The type can be set when creating or editing a landmark. You can update a type in the landmark detail page.

Create Type

1. Click on the Tools/Settings tab.
2. Click on the Tools and Settings link.
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3. Click on Create Landmark Types and Status.
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4. Click on Add New Type. You should now see the Landmark Type Editor dialog box.
5. Choose an image.
6. Enter a name.
7. Click on the Save button.

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How to Setup Landmark Visits

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Landmark Visits

The Fleet Management System can record every time a vehicle visits a landmark. The system records the date and time of every arrival and departure. You can run the Landmark Entry/Exit report to see the data. Follow the steps below to setup landmark visits.

1. Click on the Pencil next to the landmark that you want to edit.
2.  Click on the Additional Settings tab.
3.  Enter a buffer size into the Landmark Buffer (mi) textbox. See Importance of Buffer Size below for more details.
4.   Optional: change the Buffer Alert if you want to know when an item leaves a landmark. By default it is set to In, which tracks when a vehicle arrives at a landmark.
5.   Optional: click on the Generate Alerts? checkbox if you want to setup an alert whenever a vehicle enters or exits a landmark.
6.   Click on the Save button.

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Importance of Buffer Size

The buffer size helps determine when a vehicle has visited a landmark. If the buffer size is set to .25 then every GPS location within ¼ of a mile of the POI will be considered to have visited that landmark. In general a smaller buffer is preferred because there will be less chance to catch locations that did not truly visit the landmark. For example, if a landmark represents a store located inside a shopping center and the buffer size is too big then a vehicle that was at stopped at the intersection would be considered visiting the landmark.

How to Create Landmark or Point-of-Interest

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A landmark is a point-of-interest (POI) that can be displayed on the map. They are useful when your vehicles visit the same locations on a frequent basis and you want to know when they arrived and how long they were there.

1. From the Dashboard, click on a group to enter the Group Editor.
2. Click on the Landmark tab.
3. Click on Add New.
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4. You should now see the Landmark Detail page.
5. Enter a Landmark Name.
6. Enter an address, city, state, and zip code (optional).
7. Click on the Map Location button. You should now see the location of the landmark.
8. Click on the Save button.

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