To map vehicle activity in a specific geographic area, follow these steps:

Note: This functionality used to be called a Boundary report.

  1. Click  >> Vehicle History.
     
  2. Click the Options drop-down arrow.
      
  3. Type the vehicle name/number (or part of it) in the Enter Vehicle Name field.
     
    Matching vehicle names will appear in a drop-down list.
     
  4. Select the vehicle from the list.
    Note: Alternatively, you can click , expand the group the vehicle(s) is in, and click its check box to select it, or map the entire group's history by selecting the group's check box. You can also select All Vehicles at the top of the list. Then click Close to exit the Vehicles tree.
     
  5. Repeat steps 3 to 4 as necessary for multiple vehicles.
     
    By default, all vehicle events will be selected.
     
  6. Optionally, to choose just a few events, click Choose Events, and in the Select Events dialog box, follow these steps:
     
      
    1. Click Include All Events to deselect it.
       
    2. Select just the events you want to map.
        
    3. Click Close.
       
  7. Select the date range that the history will display by specifying start and end dates on the By Date tab. You can also specify a time span, such as between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m., on the By Time Span tab.
     
  8. Optionally, you can specify a speed range in the Speed Options area by selecting Over and/or Under and entering the miles per hour values.
    Note: This is useful if you've had speeding complaints about a vehicle and want to see if and when speeding has occurred.
  9. Click Boundary Search at the top right.
     
  10. Click and drag the map to place it at the location you need, plus zoom in or out.
      
  11. Click the first point at what will be the top left of the shape you want to draw for your boundary.
     
  12. Drag to the right and click again to set the second point.
     
  13. Continue dragging and clicking to set the remaining points of the boundary in question.
      
  14. Click the first point to finish the boundary.
     
  15. Click Set Boundary at the top right.
     
  16. Click the Options drop-down arrow to reopen the Options panel and click Plot History.
     
    The vehicle events for the selected time period that occurred in the specified boundary will appear on the map, and the data for the events will appear in the grid below the map, listed in chronological order. (See Tracking a Vehicle for a description of the grid's column headers.)
      

STEPPING THROUGH THE EVENTS


At the bottom of the map, you will see a panel with play/pause options and a slider.



To watch the events one by one, click . The Vehicle History screen will move from event to event, in order, on the map.


To pause the playback, click . You can click to return to the first event in the displayed history and  to move to the last one.


You can click the slider bar to progress forward or backward quickly. (Don't click and drag the slider handle; click before or after it on the bar itself.)