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Concept Brief

Fleet Tracking Platform

A concept for a live fleet map and alert system that works even when vehicle connectivity does not.

Project Type Concept brief
Industry Logistics Tech
Services React, WebSockets, Google Maps API
Planned Timeline 14 Weeks
Fleet Tracking Platform concept illustration

Concept scope at a glance

4
Phases
4
Planned deliverables
14 wks
Planned timeline
Live
Data freshness shown
The Brief

Seeing every vehicle, even when the network drops

Dispatchers need to see where vehicles are and what needs attention. But vehicles move through patchy coverage, devices send data in bursts and too many alerts get ignored. This concept explores a platform that stays useful in those conditions.

Proposed Approach

Event-driven, built for unreliable connections

We would treat every position and sensor reading as an event, buffer data on the device when offline, and stream updates to a live map. Alert rules would be designed with dispatchers so that every alert asks for an action.

  1. 1
    ModelDefine the events, devices and the decisions dispatchers make.
  2. 2
    IngestBuild a queue-based pipeline that handles late and out-of-order data.
  3. 3
    VisualiseCreate a fast live map with clustering and useful filters.
  4. 4
    OperateAdd alert rules, monitoring and a simple way to tune them.
Key Decisions

What we would decide, and why

Design for patchy connectivity

Devices store and forward data, and the interface shows how fresh each reading is.

Alert only on what needs action

Fewer, clearer alerts that dispatchers learn to trust.

Keep the map fast at scale

Cluster vehicles and load detail only when needed.

Fleet Tracking Platform interface preview
Measuring Success

What success would look like

This is a concept brief, so there are no results to report. These are the measures we would track if it were built, and what we would check first.

  • Delay from vehicle event to dispatcher screenMeasured end to end under load
  • Share of alerts that lead to an actionReview with dispatchers monthly
  • Time to resolve an incidentCompare before and after

What we would check first

  • Does it hold up at the real fleet size?
  • What are the device battery and data costs?
  • How is location data protected and who can see it?

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