See where a trailer has been
Every check-in a tracker makes is saved to its location history — a running record of position, time, and speed. When you need to know where a trailer was on Tuesday, the history answers it.
What gets recorded
Each history entry is one check-in:
- Position — latitude and longitude, with the reverse-geocoded address at the latest one
- Timestamp of the check-in
- Speed at the moment of the check-in
Because trackers check in about every 30 minutes, history is a series of timestamped waypoints — a dotted line of where the trailer was, not a second-by-second route. On-demand locates add extra points whenever you request them.
Seeing it on the map
Select a device on the GPS Tracking page and its recent check-ins draw as a trail on the fleet map, so you can see at a glance which way a trailer has been moving. The device's Trip History view breaks the trail into journeys with times and distances between waypoints.
What it's good for
- Disputes — "the renter says they returned it Friday" meets a check-in record that says otherwise.
- Insurance and police reports — timestamps and coordinates, ready to hand over.
- Utilization — spot the trailer that never leaves the yard and the one that is always out.
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