Fleet View Live Tracking

Fleet View is a comprehensive, real-time command center designed to provide fleet managers and dispatchers with total visibility over their entire mobile operation. By consolidating live vehicle telematics, driver status, and environmental data into a single interactive interface, it enables teams to make informed, proactive decisions that enhance operational efficiency and service reliability. The feature serves as a central hub for managing daily logistics, allowing users to move from passive monitoring to active, high-velocity operational management.

Overview

Fleet View’s live tracking offers a real-time view of your fleet’s activity, enabling quick decision-making with visibility into vehicle, asset status, and location.

• Instant awareness: Monitor locations and statuses live for quick decisions.
• Efficient organization: Filter and group entities to focus on what matters.
• Actionable detail: Access telematics and live data for every asset.
• Improved dispatch: Quickly locate and deploy resources near any location.

Basics

Live tracking in Fleet View provides real-time monitoring of vehicles, drivers, and assets. It allows fleet managers to optimize routes, manage fleet activity, and respond to incidents as they happen. Key features include:

• Filtering: View subsets of your fleet by type, motion status, duty status, and more.
• Travel groups: See which entities are traveling together in real time.
• Statuses and icons: Instantly recognize the activity of each asset.
• Map controls: Visualize fleet movements with dynamic maps.
• Live location & telematics: Access real-time data for smarter decisions.
• Smart Clustering: Vehicles in dense areas are grouped automatically to reduce map clutter and improve readability.
• Synced Views: Filters and selections stay consistent between the map and list views.
• Saved View: Your last map position and zoom level are restored when you return.

Seeing clusters and entities on Fleet View

Fleet View shows different types of cards on the left, depending on how far in or out you are zoomed on the map.

• When you are zoomed out to the state level, the left panel shows state cluster cards.
• Each state card represents a visible state cluster on the map.
• Each state card shows the state name and the total number of drivers, vehicles, and assets in that state.
• The number shown inside the cluster on the map represents the total entities in that state cluster.
• If your fleet does not use assets, Fleet View does not show an asset count of zero on the card.

• When you zoom in further, Fleet View shows more detailed cards for the entities or travel groups currently visible in the map view.
• At this level, the left panel no longer shows only state summaries. Instead, it can show individual entities or travel groups that are in view.
• These detailed cards can show more specific information, such as Driver ID, HOS, Vehicle MMY, MIL, Asset Type/MMY, Motion detail, and Last refreshed, based on the card configuration selected by the user.
• This helps users move from a high-level fleet summary to a more detailed operational view without leaving the map.

In short, the left-side cards always stay synced with the current map view. When you are zoomed out, the cards show broader summaries, such as state-level totals. When you zoom in, the cards update to show more detailed entity-level information for what is currently visible on the map. When you zoom out again, Fleet View returns to higher-level clusters, and the left-side cards switch back to those broader summaries.

Using travel groups

Travel groups track which vehicles, drivers, and assets are traveling together. This feature is useful for monitoring movements and improving coordination.

In high-density areas or when zoomed out, nearby vehicles may appear grouped as a cluster on the map. Click a cluster to expand and view individual vehicles on the left side panel.  

Viewing fleet data

Use the filtering tools to quickly narrow down the fleet data you need.

• Search: Locate vehicles, drivers, assets, geofences, or locations.
• Filters: Apply filters by entity type, motion status, duty status, dispatch, and MIL.

• All Groups: Find entities more quickly and order the list for the preferred option. You can also use the given filters to customize your search. 

  

Statuses and icons

Fleet View uses different statuses and icons to indicate activity:

• Moving: Vehicle is actively moving.
• Idle: Vehicle is on but has not moved in 3 minutes.
• Stationary: Vehicle or asset is stopped with the engine off.
• Stale: Location data is outdated.

Each status has a unique icon for quick identification.

• Legend: The Legend explains what each icon and its color indicate:

Note: This is the icon of an Electric Vehicle (EV) when it is charging.

Using map view and map controls

The map is now more interactive, allowing you to filter what you see and get instant data on specific areas.

• Dynamic Fleet Counter: Look at the sidebar to see a live count of your Drivers, Vehicles, and Assets. These numbers change in real-time as you move the map or zoom in, showing you exactly how many units are in the area you are currently viewing. 

  

• Geofence and Site Categories: You can now choose to show specific types of locations on your map. Click the Geofence icon (on the right side of the map) to select categories like Fuel Stations, Job Sites, or Risk Zones. The map will display icons for these locations and show you the total number for each category.
• Zoom-to-Focus: When you zoom in on a specific city, neighborhood, or yard, the left sidebar automatically updates. It will filter the list to show only the drivers and vehicles that are currently within your map view.

• Map Layers: Switch between Street, Satellite, and Traffic views to get a better sense of the terrain and road conditions your drivers are facing.  

  

Using Vehicle Follow Mode 

For fleets who are not enabled to use the ELD product, the Follow Mode button does not display. The map style in this case defaults to user preference.

1. Log in to the Motive Fleet Dashboard. The Fleet View displays. Select a vehicle using the search bar, and other filters.

You can also select a specific vehicle from the Vehicles tab on Fleet View. Click a vehicle to view its details with the Live tab opened by default. 

 2. Click Enter Follow Mode.

Note: Pan the map to exit the follow mode automatically. You can view the vehicle details mentioned on the vehicle's page displaying speed, fuel, etc. for some vehicles. Vehicle locations update more frequently while in Follow Mode, giving you a near real-time view of your vehicle's movement.

3. To exit the follow mode, click Exit Follow Mode.

4. The Exit Follow Mode button simply toggles to follow mode as soon as the mode is disabled in these cases:

• The entity is stationary.
• The fleet clicks the Exit Follow Mode button.
• The fleet pans the map while follow mode is enabled.

Using location and proximity search  

Quickly find and act on specific locations using the location and proximity search feature:

• Search a location: Enter a location in the search bar.
• Pin the location: The spot will be marked on the map.
• Nearby entities: View drivers or vehicles sorted by proximity to the location.

1. Log in to the Motive Fleet Dashboard. 

2. Enter a location in the Search bar.

3. Fleet View also supports searching for Legal Land Descriptions (United States Only), Plus Codes, and Coordinates. The following are some examples of accepted formats:

Coordinates Formats

• Decimal degrees (DD): 37.7856552, -122.3984543
• Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 37°47'08.4"N 122°23'54.4"W

Plus Codes

• Local Code & City - JM7C+JQ Seattle
• Full Code (including area code) -  84VVJM7C+JQ

Legal Land Descriptions/Legal Subdivisions 

• State: NM
• Principal Meridian: New Mexico Meridian (principal meridian code: 23)
• Township Number: 33
• Township Fraction: 0
• Township DIR: S
• Range: 20
• Range Fraction: 0
• Range DIR: W
• (Optional) First Division Type: SN
• (Optional) First Division Number: 31

Accepted Formats

• NM230330S0200W0SN310
• NM, New Mexico Meridian, 33, 0, S, 20, 0, W, SN, 31
• NM 23 33 0 S 20 0 W SN 31
• NM, 23, 33, 0, S, 20, 0, W, SN, 31

4. You will see a pin at the specified location and can choose to either View History, or Create a geofence here at this location.

Note: Fleet View displays the closest street address or plus code when searching by coordinates. The search option for Fleet View displays coordinate information and allows you to copy this information for every location and use it later when required.

Viewing vehicle Telematics from the Fleet Dashboard

Fleet Admins and Fleet Managers can view Vehicle Telematics on the Fleet Dashboard when the Vehicle Gateway is connected and communicating with the vehicle's ECU. The Vehicle Telematics details include the remaining Fuel in the primary tank and values for Coolant, Engine Intake, and Speed in real time.

Note: This feature is only available for Pro and Enterprise subscriptions.

1. Log in to the Fleet Dashboard and go to Fleet View > Live.
2. Select a vehicle from the displayed list.

3. Go to the Telematics tab. Here you can see the detailed view of Telematics for your selected vehicle. 

Note: Vehicle Telematics can include different types of information for different types of vehicles. These variations are displayed in the following images below.

Gas

Diesel

Electric Vehicle

Hybrid 

PHEV

Viewing live data

For real-time data on any asset, tap a vehicle, driver, or asset in the list to open the Entity Live page. What you will see:

• Current location and route on the map.
• Speed and movement details.
• Last updated timestamp.
• Assigned driver and vehicle pairing.
• Telematics data, including GPS accuracy, engine hours, odometer readings, and historical movement.

You can see one of the three views mentioned below:

• Vehicles Live View: This detailed view shows information regarding the status of your vehicle, location data, current Driver, telematics, Smart Dashcam footage, and live map view.

• Drivers Live View: This detailed view shows information regarding the status of your Driver, location data, current vehicle, hours of service, other details, and a live map view.

• Assets Live View: This detailed view shows information regarding the status of your asset, location data, battery status, telematics, other details, and a live map view.

• You can switch between Live and History tabs within any detailed view of an entity. Click the History tab to view the location history of an entity.

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