The Map

The Map feature helps you keep track of your assets by quickly showing you where they are and what they are doing.

The Map feature is a core tool in MyGeotab for managing your fleet activity. Use it to view the current locations of your assets, dispatch assets, find assets near key places, and find drivers.

The Map can be used with a number of different filters to help you quickly find the assets that matter the most to you. You can filter the Map by the following:

  • Specific assets, drivers, or asset types

  • Groups

  • Powertrain and fuel types

  • Status, whether driving, stopped, or not communicating

You can also reduce visual clutter by using map layers. This helps you to focus on the information you need, while still providing additional context when you need it. Customizable map layers include assets, labels, events, zones, weather, traffic, and routes. If you create custom combinations of map layers for specific purposes, you can save them as map views to easily access them at any time.

When you select an asset on the Map, you can view more details about the vehicle in the side panel. These include the current driver, location, and status. You can also perform quick actions such as sending messages, sharing locations, and dispatching.

Note:

If you have more than 50 assets in your database, the Map remains blank until you have selected assets to view from the Search box, or zoom in to an area with 500 assets or fewer.

Map icons

The Map uses a variety of icons to quickly indicate information about your fleet.

The Map feature uses icons to indicate asset behavior such as driving and stopping. Icons are can also be different depending on the type of vehicle. For example, electric vehicles are marked with a charging icon when they are stopped and plugged in.

To make the map easier to read, large numbers of vehicles in a small area are shown with a cluster icon labeled with the number of vehicles in that area. If you want to see particular vehicles in the cluster, you can zoom in to show individual icons.

The following icons are the most commonly used icons on the Map:
Icon showing the arrow symbol that indicates a driving asset.DrivingShows a currently driving asset. Hovering over the icon shows the asset’s location and current driving speed.
Icon showing the symbol that shows a stop inside a company zone.Stopped inside zoneShows the location of an asset stop inside one or more company zones. Hovering over the icon displays the address of the zone and the asset’s arrival time. If the stop shows the current location of the asset, it is labeled with the asset name and driver.
Icon showing the square symbol that indicates a stop outside of a company zone.Stopped outside zoneShows the location of an asset stop outside of company zones. Hovering over the icon displays the address of the stop and the asset's arrival time. If the stop shows the current location of the asset, it is labeled with the asset name and driver.
Icon showing the crossed-out cloud icon that shows an asset is not communicating.Not communicatingShows the location of an asset that is not communicating with the database. Hovering over the icon shows how long the asset has been unable to communicate.
Icon showing the lightning symbol indicating a vehicle is charging.ChargingShows an electric vehicle that is currently charging. The vehicle’s state of charge (SOC) is displayed next to the vehicle name.
Icon that shows the solid blue circle indicating an asset with low frequency communication.Low frequency communicationIndicates an asset with low frequency communication.
Icon showing the exclamation mark symbol indicating an asset has active exceptions.ExceptionsShows the asset has active exceptions.

Map actions

The Map supports a variety of actions to help make managing your fleet easier.

The following actions are available by clicking on a specific road on the Map:

  • Dispatch vehicle here: Send a vehicle from your fleet to this location.

  • Nearest: Locate up to 50 of the closest assets to the selected asset location.

  • Find address: Display the street address of your selection. If no street address is available, the application shows latitude and longitude.

  • Show street view: Opens the street view of the location in Google Maps. (Note: This opens a new window.)

  • Add square zone here: Create a zone at this location. The zone will be an editable square centered on your selection. You can then name the zone and change its size and shape.

  • Update posted road speed: Edit the road speed for a specific road.

  • Area Activity: Explore what activity occurred in a selected area during a specific period of time.

The road options menu showing the available actions when you click on a road segment.

The following actions are available by clicking on an asset on the Map, or by selecting it in the asset panel:

  • Trip: View the Trips History for the selected asset.

  • Edit: Edit the asset on the Asset Edit page.

  • Message: Send a message to either the asset or the asset’s current driver.

  • Share: Share the asset’s location using a share link.

  • Dispatch asset: Dispatch the asset to a new location by sending a message with the new destination. Click More to access this action.

The asset panel on the Map showing the available actions when you select an asset.

Viewing assets on the Map

Viewing assets on the Map allows you to quickly see where your assets are in near real-time.

  1. Navigate to the Map in the main navigation.
  2. Locate your asset using one of the following methods:
    1. Search for an asset by name using the search bar.
    2. Open the Filter to filter the map by group, asset type, or status to see groups of assets.

      An asset as it appears in the Map feature.

Note:

If you have more than 50 assets in your database, the Map remains blank until you have selected assets to view from the Search box, or zoom in to an area with 500 assets or fewer.

Viewing drivers on the Map

Viewing drivers on the Map allows you to quickly see where your drivers are in near real-time.

  1. Navigate to the Map in the main navigation.
  2. Locate your drivers using one of the following methods:
    1. Search for a driver by name.
    2. Open the Filter to filter the map by group or driver.
Note:

If you have more than 50 assets in your database, the Map remains blank until you have selected assets to view from the Search box, or zoom in to an area with 500 assets or fewer.

Viewing routes using the Map feature

Learn how to view your routes without leaving the Map feature.

  1. Navigate to the Map in the main menu.
  2. Open the Layers menu and select Routes.
  3. Select the route or routes you want to view on the Map from the flyout list.
    The Map showing a highlighted route.
    Note: Selecting a route from the list automatically toggles the Routes layer to On, regardless of your previous settings.
The Map automatically snaps to the last selected route.

Saved map views

Saving map views lets you quickly revisit key areas or locations without needing to reapply filters.

The Map feature allows you to save views in order to quickly snap the map to relevant places and zoom levels. Saving map views also allows you to quickly reapply combinations of filters. Once you have saved a view, you can set it as your default Map view so that it loads automatically when you open the Map.

When saving a new map view, you can choose whether or not to include the following filters in the saved view:

  • The map area and zoom level

  • Any filters you have applied, such as groups or asset types.

  • The sort option you have applied.

  • The Update list with Map control.

  • Your selected map layers and options

This gives you total control and flexibility to configure views that meet your needs, such as saving a particular set of filters regardless of location, or saving a view of a particular location showing key layers.

You can manage your saved views by selecting Map in the main menu and clicking Saved views > Manage views in the toolbar.

Saving new map views

Learn how to create a new Save View on the Map.

  1. Select the Map in the main menu.
  2. Configure the following options on the Map to your preferences:
    1. Location and zoom level
    2. Assets
    3. Filters
    4. Layers
  3. Select Saved views > Save current view.
  4. Review the save options to select the appropriate map options you want included in your saved view.
    The Save Map popup window showing the options available for saving a view of the map.
  5. Enter a name for your saved view in the View name field.
  6. Select whether or not your saved view will be the default view when you open the Map by checking Set as default.
  7. Click Save.
The Saved views dropdown on the Map page will automatically update with your new saved view.

Setting your map view to the previous last view

Learn how to configure the Map to open to the last view you were using in a previous session.

  1. Select Map in the main menu.
  2. Select Saved views > Manage views.
  3. Open the Default view dropdown and select Last view.
    The Saved Views Manager showing a list of saved views and the default view dropdown.
  4. Select an alternative default view that will display when the last map view is not available.
  5. Click Save.
When you open the Map, it will now automatically open to your last view.