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Geofencing for delivery zones and restricted areas
Mark delivery areas, operating zones and restricted zones as circles on the map. Atlas checks where your open work is going against those zones and flags what needs a second look.
The problem
Zones are rules people forget
Every delivery operation has places with rules: the area you promise same-day delivery to, the market road a truck may not enter by day, the gated campus that needs a pass, the patch a second hub covers. These rules live in the heads of experienced dispatchers, and they are forgotten exactly when a new dispatcher is on shift.
Writing the zones down on the map turns them into checks that run every time, for everyone.
How zones work in Atlas
Zones live in Places, beside the customers, hubs and stores they surround.
- Zones on the mapA zone is a circle, a centre and a radius in metres, with a type: delivery area, operating zone, restricted zone, service radius, competitor zone or other. It is a draft, active, paused or archived.
- Places matched to zonesAtlas works out which active zones cover each place your open work goes to, and the checks below run on that match.
- Rule-based checksOpen work at a place inside a restricted zone is flagged as critical. Urgent work outside every active zone, and blocked or overdue work, are flagged for review.
- Zones on the live mapZones are drawn on the live map with your routes, stops and places, so a dispatcher sees the boundaries while watching the day.
- A note on every zoneEach zone carries a short rule in plain words, such as "trucks only after 10 pm", so the next dispatcher knows why it exists.
Set up your zones
Open the zones
In Places, open the Zones tab for the operating area.
Add your delivery area
Centre a zone on your hub and set the radius you serve.
Mark the restricted zones
Add the areas with entry rules and write the rule in the zone's note.
Review the flags
Check the work Atlas flags against your zones and fix assignments before routes go out.
Keep them current
Pause or archive the zones that no longer apply.
Honest limits
What geofencing does not do yet
Better to read it here than to find out on a busy morning.
- Circles onlyA zone is a centre and a radius; you cannot draw a custom shape yet. Use several circles to cover an irregular area.
- Places, not moving vehiclesAtlas checks where open work is going, not live vehicle positions against the zones.
- No automatic messagesEntering or leaving a zone sends nobody a message.
Questions about geofencing
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What is a geofence in delivery?
A geofence is a boundary on a map around an area, such as your delivery zone or a road with entry rules. Software checks locations against it and flags what falls inside or outside.
Can I draw a zone in any shape?
Not yet. Atlas zones are circles: a centre point and a radius in metres. Several circles can cover an irregular area.
Does Atlas alert me when a vehicle enters a zone?
Not from a live vehicle position yet. Atlas checks the places your open work goes to against your zones, and a location event can be recorded as a zone entry or exit.
What does a restricted zone do?
It marks an area where work needs a second look. Any open task at a place inside it is flagged as critical in the zone checks, so a dispatcher reviews it before the route goes out.
More of what Atlas does. Each page names its limits.
- Route planningBuild routes with stops, put the stops in order and see distance and arrival times as estimates.
- DispatchKeep every job in one queue by status, give it a driver and a route, and act on rule-based suggestions.
- Delivery trackingFollow routes, stops and recorded positions on one live map, and see whether today is on track.
- Delivery exceptionsOne queue for late, at-risk, failed, blocked and unassigned work, promise gaps and SLA breaches, each with its reason.
- Fleet managementDrivers and vehicles in one list, with shifts, stop limits, capacity, mileage, service due and papers.
- Load planningCheck weight and volume against the vehicle, load the last stop first, and split a route that is over.
- Delivery costsCost, margin, fuel and CO2 for each route, worked out from rates you set and shown as estimates.
See whether Atlas fits your delivery day. Atlas is part of Anslation One.
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