If you need to find fleet vehicles that are near a specific address, such as if a bus has broken down and you need to send the closest available one to its location to pick up the students, follow these steps:
Note: To locate vehicles that are close to a specific bus (and you don't know the address of its location), you can first track it on the Fleet Tracking screen, right-click its name in the grid, and select Map Nearby Vehicle from the menu, as shown in Mapping Vehicles near a Vehicle.
- Click
>> Map Nearby.
The Find Location dialog box will load when the Map Nearby screen opens.
- In the Address field, type the address you want to search near.
As you type, possible matching addresses in your area will appear in the Search Results area.
- Click the correct address.
- Click Map Location.
The Map Nearby screen will display the address on the map.
- Click the Groups drop-down arrow to expand the Groups panel.
- Optionally, in the Groups options, you can select the group whose vehicles you want to find by checking the box to the left of the group name.
Note: If you don't select a group, all vehicles in all your groups will be searched for. - Select from these choices in the Options area:
- Map X Closest Vehicles: You can choose a number of vehicles to locate using the
/
buttons.
- Find Within X Miles: You can choose a certain radius, from 1 to 50 miles, in which to search.
- Only in Map Window: This displays only vehicles within the boundaries of the map.
- Map X Closest Vehicles: You can choose a number of vehicles to locate using the
- Click Map Nearby.
All nearby fleet vehicles that meet your criteria will be displayed on the map, and their data will appear in the grid beneath the map.
Note: The column headers are the same as those listed in Tracking a Vehicle, with one addition: ETA, which is how long it would take the vehicle to reach the specified address. - You can watch the found vehicles in real time by clicking
at the top right of the screen.