How accurate are geofence alerts?

The Fletaro Box GPS provides location accuracy within 2-5 meters under open sky. We recommend adding a 50-meter buffer to your geofences to account for GPS drift near buildings, which effectively eliminates false alerts.

What happens when a vehicle exits the geofence outside business hours?

Fletaro sends an instant push notification and email alert to the fleet manager. You can configure time-based rules so alerts only trigger outside business hours or on weekends, and combine them with the remote engine immobilizer on Fleet Total to prevent the vehicle from restarting.

How many geofences can I create?

Fleet GPS includes 10 geofences, Fleet Pro includes 30, and Fleet Total offers unlimited geofences. For most small to medium fleets, 10-30 geofences are sufficient to cover depots, airports, city limits, and key customer sites.

Does geofencing work with the remote engine immobilizer?

Yes. On the Fleet Total plan, you can combine geofence alerts with the remote engine immobilizer. If a vehicle leaves an authorized zone, you can remotely prevent it from being restarted — adding a powerful security layer to your fleet.

Geofencing for Fleets: How Virtual Boundaries Protect Your Vehicles

Geofencing is one of those fleet management features that sounds technical but delivers immediate, tangible value from day one. By drawing virtual bou...

What is geofencing and how does it work

A geofence is a virtual perimeter defined around a real-world geographic area. When a GPS-tracked vehicle crosses that boundary — either entering or exiting — the system triggers an event. That event can generate a push notification to the fleet manager, log an entry in the vehicle's timeline, or even initiate an automated action like sending an alert to the driver. The technology relies on the GPS coordinates reported by the telematics device installed in each vehicle, compared against the boundary coordinates stored on the server.

Top use cases for fleet geofencing

For rental companies, geofences prevent vehicles from leaving the authorized operating area. If a customer rents a car for city use and drives it across the border, you know immediately — not days later when the car returns with unexpected mileage. Corporate fleets use geofences to enforce usage policies: vehicles should remain within the metropolitan area during work hours, and any deviation triggers an alert. Logistics fleets draw geofences around customer delivery zones to automatically log arrival and departure times, eliminating manual delivery confirmations.

Setting up geofences in Fletaro

Creating a geofence in Fletaro takes less than a minute. Open the map view, click 'New Geofence', and draw your boundary by clicking points on the map. Give it a name, choose the alert type (entry, exit, or both), and select which vehicles or groups it applies to. You can also set time-based rules — for example, only trigger alerts outside business hours, or only on weekends. Changes take effect immediately; there is no waiting for a sync cycle or device update.

Geofencing best practices

Avoid making geofences too tight around exact addresses — GPS signals can drift 5-10 meters near buildings, causing false alerts. Add a buffer of at least 50 meters beyond the actual boundary. Name your geofences clearly and consistently so alerts are immediately understandable: 'MAD Airport T4' is better than 'Zone 7'. Review and clean up unused geofences quarterly; stale boundaries generate noise that trains your team to ignore alerts altogether.

Geofencing and regulatory compliance

In many industries, geofencing is not just a convenience — it is a compliance requirement. Transport operators must demonstrate that vehicles stayed within licensed routes. Rental companies need evidence that terms of use were respected when processing damage claims or insurance disputes. Construction and utility fleets must prove vehicles were on-site during billed hours. Geofence logs provide timestamped, GPS-verified proof that holds up in audits and legal proceedings.

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