{"id":3664,"date":"2019-06-18T16:39:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:39:56","slug":"fleet-and-asset-tracking-with-ibeacons-and-geotab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/fleet-and-asset-tracking-with-ibeacons-and-geotab\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleet and Asset Tracking with iBeacons and Geotab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bluetooth iBeacons are increasingly being used with fleet tracking. An example is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geotab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Geotab (opens in a new tab)\">Geotab<\/a> who claim to be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;World&#8217;s leading connected vehicle company, helping businesses leverage data to better manage and track their fleet&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>GeoTab has IoX extensions that extend the capabilities of their system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/geotab.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/geotab.png 278w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/geotab-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 85vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption>IOX-BT<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One such extension is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IOX-BT (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Gnbsy5\" target=\"_blank\">IOX-BT<\/a> which monitors beacons attached to tools and equipment. This allows the system to be used to improve asset utilisation, reduce misplaced equipment, boost productivity, reduce operational costs and improve on-time delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluetooth iBeacons are increasingly being used with fleet tracking. An example is Geotab who claim to be: &#8220;World&#8217;s leading connected vehicle company, helping businesses leverage data to better manage and track their fleet&#8221;. GeoTab has IoX extensions that extend the capabilities of their system. One such extension is IOX-BT which monitors beacons attached to tools &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/fleet-and-asset-tracking-with-ibeacons-and-geotab\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fleet and Asset Tracking with iBeacons and Geotab&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,252],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}