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Live trip tracking with GPS

Follow running trips on a map, see the route each driver took, and back every invoice with odometer readings and recorded GPS points.

How does live trip tracking work in Odobase?

While a trip is running, the Odobase Driver app records the phone’s location roughly every 30 seconds and sends it about once a minute. The trip page draws the route on a map as it happens and keeps it afterwards, alongside the planned route and the odometer readings, so every trip has a record of where the vehicle went.

What you get

What does the trip map show?

For a running or paused trip, the map on the trip page shows the route driven so far and updates as the driver moves. For a finished trip it shows the whole route, loaded when you open the map. Alongside it you see the planned route and estimated distance and time, and the odometer readings the driver entered at each step.

How accurate is the recorded route?

Each position carries the time it was taken, the speed and the phone’s accuracy estimate. Odobase filters out impossible jumps, and files every point under the time it was recorded rather than the time it arrived, so a batch uploaded after a signal gap never lands in the wrong stretch of a paused-and-resumed trip.

How does tracking work with round trips?

When a driver pauses and resumes a trip, each stretch is recorded as its own part. The map and the distance exclude the gap in between, which is exactly when the vehicle may be doing another job.

Why track by phone instead of a GPS box?

A phone-based record needs no hardware, no installation and no SIM contract per vehicle, and it follows the trip rather than the vehicle, which is what you invoice. For the same reason it is private: the driver is only recorded while a trip is running.

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Who uses live trip tracking

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to install GPS trackers in my vehicles?

No. Tracking comes from the Odobase Driver app on the driver’s Android phone while a trip is running. There is no hardware to buy or install.

How often is the location updated?

The app records a position roughly every 30 seconds and uploads positions about once a minute, so the map is at most a minute or so behind the vehicle.

What happens if the driver loses signal?

Positions recorded without signal are uploaded when the phone reconnects, and each one is filed under the time it was recorded, so the route stays in the right order.

Is the driver tracked outside of trips?

No. Recording starts when the driver starts a trip and stops when they complete it. See the driver app privacy policy.

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