How To Set Up Geofences

A Geofence is a virtual geographic boundary, defined by GPS technology, that enables Spidertracks software to trigger a notification when a Spider enters or leaves a particular area set by you. You can create a virtual geographic boundary that uses altitude around any area and further set this to notify members of your organisation of any events that take place there.

At present, you also need to contact [e-mail] to make Geofence options visible to you.

 

Setting Up A Geofence

1. Select Admin.

2. Select the Organisation.

3. Click Geofences.

4. Click Add.

5. Add the Geofence Name.

6. Set your Altitude behaviour, you can choose whether you want the notification to trigger as your aircraft passes through the geofence threshold at Above, or Below, you can also set it to trigger a geofence notification at either by selecting Any.

7. Set Altitude by default this is set to AMSL.

8. Set the Event Type, you can choose whether you want the notification to trigger as your aircraft passes through the geofence threshold at Entry, Exit or you can set it to trigger a geofence notification at Both.

9. 

	The Hand icon allows you to pan around the map to the location where you would like to add your geofence.
	The Geometric Shape icon allows you to draw a customised geofence.
	The Square icon will allow you to set a square or rectangle geofence.

10. Click Save to save your geofence. 

Note: You can only have one geofence area set per geofence entry. However, we do not limit how many geofence entries you have.

Currently you can not edit Geofences.

Viewing Geofences on the Flying Page

1. Open the Flying Page.

2. Select the Geofences check box in Map Layers.

3. All Geofences that have been created will appear on the Flying Page.

Viewing Geofences on the History Page

1. Open the History Page.

2. Geofence Events will appear in the Flight Detail event box on the left.

3. To view your Geofences select the Geofences Map Layer check box.

4. Geofences will be displayed on the map.

5. Geofence Events will also appear in the flight event box.

How To Set Up Geofence Notifications

Setting up Geofence Notifications is completely customisable and can be tailored to suit individuals or groups of users, or it can be based on specific aircraft or types. 

1. Select Admin.

2. Select the Organisation.

3. Click Notifications SpiderX.

4. Click Add.

5. Select the Users, we now give you the choice of not only selecting either All Users or Individual users, you can now have just those users with Administrator permissions. 

6. Select the Notification Type. The below image is of the email notification if you select the email or SMS option.

   

7. Select Geofence.

8. Select which Geofences you would like your users to receive notifications for. 

9. Select the Aircraft you would like the geofence notifications to be applied.

10. Click Save.

Notes:

You can set a User to receive notifications, however, they must have Visibility to be able to view the track.

Aircraft Type is set when registering the Spider in Aircraft Settings.

User Role (i.e. Administrator permissions) is set via the User Menu.

How To Manage Your Geofences

1. You can View a geofence by selecting it in the geofence list. Here you can view the area and settings associated with it.

2. You can search for a specific geofence by clicking the magnifying glass.

3. You can also Filter the geofence event types, by clicking the filter icon.

4. Clicking Delete will remove the geofence from your list.

Please contact [e-mail] if you require any further assistance.