It is now possible to check your vehicles’ real-time status on a cell phone using Google Maps Mobile.
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.
To access GPS Insight with Google Maps Mobile, you will need a Mobile Maps Link.
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.
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.
There are a few adjustments you can make to your Mobile Maps Link to refine your results.
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
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
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.