Heat Map
In Arabicالخريطة الحرارية
A map that colours areas by how densely vehicle positions were recorded there, from cool for the quietest to red for the busiest.
What is a heat map in fleet management?
Instead of thousands of separate dots, a fleet heat map shows how densely positions cluster. Hotspots reveal where vehicles spend their time: depots, customer sites, rest stops, or places they should not be at all.
It becomes far more useful once filtered: stationary points show where vehicles wait, moving points show the roads they use most.
How it works
- 1Collect vehicle positions for a period
- 2Calculate position density per area
- 3Colour areas from cool to warm
Why does a heat map matter in fleet management?
Route plans show where vehicles were supposed to go; a heat map shows where they actually went. It helps you place a depot or fuel stop, spot unofficial stops and recurring congestion, and check whether a sales or service team really covers its territory. One picture can settle an argument that a hundred rows of data could not.
What you gain
- Shows real territory coverage
- Reveals unofficial stops
- Informs depot location choices
How does Safee help you see where vehicles concentrate?
Safee's heat map shows the density of positions for the vehicles and period you choose, can be narrowed to a speed range or engine state, and can display your geofences on top. You see at once whether hotspots fall inside approved sites or outside them.
A field example
A pharma distributor in Muscat wanted to know why drivers covering Seeb finished their routes late. A month of stop points on the heat map showed a bright hotspot at a strip of coffee shops, well away from any pharmacy on the route. Supervisors drew a geofence around it with a stop alarm and spoke to the drivers. Within three weeks average route completion was 40 minutes earlier.
Frequently asked questions
What does a red area on a fleet heat map mean?
Many vehicle positions were recorded there in the chosen period, either because vehicles pass often or because they stay long.
How is a heat map different from path history?
Path history replays one vehicle's movements in order; a heat map pools the positions of many vehicles over a long period to show where they concentrate.
Want to put this to work in your fleet?
Talk to a Safee fleet expert about your vehicles and how you operate, and we will suggest what fits.
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