Table of Contents

>>Back to Support

It is now possible to check your vehicles’ real-time status on a cell phone using Google Maps Mobile.

Before you begin

You need to install Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PDA. Visit http://maps.google.com/gmm on your mobile device. Follow the instructions there to install the GMM application.

NOTE: GPS Insight does not provide technical support for the Google Maps Mobile application. The application works on a limited number of mobile devices. Check with Google for support for your mobile device.

One-Time Setup

To access GPS Insight with Google Maps Mobile, you will need a Mobile Maps Link.

Free Demonstration

If you want to see how it works using our vehicles, we have a demonstration account available for anyone to use. The Mobile Maps Link for our demo is http://gps-i.com/k/demo/0892.kml. To use this demo on an emulator right in your browser, visit our Mapping Demo.

GPS Insight Users

If you are a GPS Insight customer, and have registered for Mobile Maps, go to the Mobile Mapping Setup page through our main interface.

NOTE: Go to Mapping → Mobile Maps → Manage to launch the Mobile Mapping Setup Page.
If you are not yet registered for Mobile Maps, you can visit the same page to set up limited-time demos for the same mapping. If you would like to register for unlimited Mobile Maps, please contact GPSInsight’s sale team at 866-GPS-4321 (866-477-4321) for details and pricing.

Using Google Maps Mobile

  1. Launch the Google Maps Mobile application according to the instructions you received from Google when you installed it. Once you are in, click the ‘Menu’ button to open the main menu:
    • Open the main menu
  2. Choose the ‘Find Location’ or ‘Search’ option:
    • Choose Find Location
  3. Enter your Mobile Maps Link starting with http://gps-i.com. Press the OK button when you are done entering the URL (blue arrow).
    • Type URL from Step 1
  4. Navigate using the numbers on your phone.
    • Press 3 for BOB
  5. Press the number again for details. NOTE: Google Maps Mobile has limited support for this feature. By pressing the same number again, you can see details about the vehicle. Date, time, latitude & longitude, speed and ignition status are shown for each vehicle.
    • Type URL from Step 1

Modifying the Mobile Maps Link

There are a few adjustments you can make to your Mobile Maps Link to refine your results.

Understanding the Mobile Maps Link

The basic Mobile Maps Link is in three parts, separated by slashes. Let’s look at the demo Mobile Maps Link: http://gps-i.com/k/demo/0892.kml

  1. Username: demo
  2. Mobile Maps Token: 0892

On most phones, Google Maps Mobile will only display the first 9 results of any set of points. If this is the case for your phone, you want to add another number to the end of your Mobile Maps Link for the page number of results you want. For example, if the demo Mobile Maps Link had more than 9 vehicles and you wanted to see the second page you would enter http://gps-i.com/k/demo/0892/2.kml

Searching

Another way to narrow your results is to search on the vehicle name. The Mobile Maps Link supports partial name matching searching inserted between the username and Mobile Maps Token. The demo Mobile Maps Link has two vehicles that start with DIX. To limit the results to just these two vehicles you would enter http://gps-i.com/k/demo/dix/0892.kml. Searching is case-insensitive.

>>Back to Support