Geofencing
The Trackimo device can alert if it crosses the boundaries of some area that you set up
on the map, like your house, street or neighborhood. Such area is called a Geo Fence,
or a Virtual Fence, or "fence" for short.
You set up a fence
by
clicking the "fences" link on the website, just below the
"settings" links, and click "create a new fence".
The fence wilJ appear on the map as a rectangle at the center, and you can change its
size and position by grabbing its comers with the mouse and dragging them where you
want. You can also set the center of the fence
by
entering an address in the address
search area. Then you give your fence a name and save it. After you save the fence,
every time the device crosses the fence's bowidaries, you will receive an alert. You
can add more contacts who will receive the alert too
by
email or SMS.
Important to know about fences: the GPS sensor sometimes receives signal
interference, which cause it to shift momentarily for several meters, and it quickly
corrects the location. However, if the fence boundary is too close to the device's usual
location, the interference might cause to momentarily appear as if it crossed the fence,
and create a false alarm. So if you set the fence exactly at the location of your back
yard, and your dog hangs around near the yard's edge, you might get a false fence alert.
So we recommend setting the fence to no less than 200 meters (about 200 yards) on
each side, and in any case keep a bit of space between your yard's boundary and the
virtual fence.
